Friday, January 8, 2010

H&M's NYC Store To Stop Trashing Unsold Clothes


The answer given for this incredibly senseless policy is "it wont happen again......We will stop this practice" This story highlights the greed and insensitivity of buisness in America, the heads of these and many other store chains have decided that if we allow people to have access to these discarded items they will not need to buy them and it will affect our bottom line. If giving clothes away left a nasty taste on their Capitalistic Tonges, why couldn't they sell them at a super discount (i.e. Filienes Basement) or even sell them for rags. Don"t you believe that this is an isolated incident, it is a common pratice in this Country. My Company had dozens of new and crated double cast iron sinks stored in a basement for years. These sinks where old fashioned and discontinued for company use. To take even one would have meant a quick dissmissal for any employee, and tossing them out in the street was not a Company option. They finally resolved to have the sinks (valued at approximate $350) carted away at the companys expense by an rubbish removal Company.
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost

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