H&M, Wal-Mart Destroy Unsold Clothing
Pepe Silvia
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how sad, couldn't they have just donated the clothing??
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/0 ... 13234.html
H&M, Wal-Mart Destroy Unsold Clothing: Report
Amid the recession and the cold winter months, Cynthia Magnus made a shocking discovery at the H&M in Manhattan's Herald Square. It wasn't a sale on the season's hottest trends--it was garbage bags upon garbage bags of unsold merchandise, most of it slashed with razors to ensure that no one would ever wear or sell it, the New York Times reports.
"Gloves with the fingers cut off," Ms. Magnus said, reciting the inventory of ruined items. "Warm socks. Cute patent leather Mary Jane school shoes, maybe for fourth graders, with the instep cut up with a scissor. Men's jackets, slashed across the body and the arms. The puffy fiber fill was coming out in big white cotton balls." The jackets were tagged $59, $79 and $129.
And right around the corner from this particular H&M is a popular collection point for New York Cares' coat drive. The organization's spokeswoman Colleen Farrell told the Times, "We'd be glad to take unworn coats, and companies often send them to us."
While H&M's destroy-and-discard policy is a missed opportunity in this time of need, the fast fashion retailer isn't the only one to practice these extreme measures. Magnus also found bags full of clothes priced with Wal-Mart tags, and each item had a hole punched through it.
Melissa Hill, a spokeswoman for Wal-Mart told the Times that the company typically donates its unsold pieces to charity and would investigate why those bags was discarded.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/0 ... 13234.html
H&M, Wal-Mart Destroy Unsold Clothing: Report
Amid the recession and the cold winter months, Cynthia Magnus made a shocking discovery at the H&M in Manhattan's Herald Square. It wasn't a sale on the season's hottest trends--it was garbage bags upon garbage bags of unsold merchandise, most of it slashed with razors to ensure that no one would ever wear or sell it, the New York Times reports.
"Gloves with the fingers cut off," Ms. Magnus said, reciting the inventory of ruined items. "Warm socks. Cute patent leather Mary Jane school shoes, maybe for fourth graders, with the instep cut up with a scissor. Men's jackets, slashed across the body and the arms. The puffy fiber fill was coming out in big white cotton balls." The jackets were tagged $59, $79 and $129.
And right around the corner from this particular H&M is a popular collection point for New York Cares' coat drive. The organization's spokeswoman Colleen Farrell told the Times, "We'd be glad to take unworn coats, and companies often send them to us."
While H&M's destroy-and-discard policy is a missed opportunity in this time of need, the fast fashion retailer isn't the only one to practice these extreme measures. Magnus also found bags full of clothes priced with Wal-Mart tags, and each item had a hole punched through it.
Melissa Hill, a spokeswoman for Wal-Mart told the Times that the company typically donates its unsold pieces to charity and would investigate why those bags was discarded.
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A company has the right do whatever they want with their shit. I rather see it donated but over all I read that and don't really care. I think they should have reduce the price to sell it because thats a smart business decision.0
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Pepe Silvia wrote:The jackets were tagged $59, $79 and $129.
And were made in China with gross expenses of $1, $2 and $3.
Just another reason to not shop at Wal-Mart and contribute to the downward spiral of society.0 -
JB811 wrote:Pepe Silvia wrote:The jackets were tagged $59, $79 and $129.
And were made in China with gross expenses of $1, $2 and $3.
Just another reason to not shop at Wal-Mart and contribute to the downward spiral of society.
Exactly. Another reason to boycott Walmart, and now H&M.0 -
+1JB811 wrote:Pepe Silvia wrote:The jackets were tagged $59, $79 and $129.
And were made in China with gross expenses of $1, $2 and $3.
Just another reason to not shop at Wal-Mart and contribute to the downward spiral of society."...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
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whatsgoingon wrote:A company has the right do whatever they want with their shit. I rather see it donated but over all I read that and don't really care. I think they should have reduce the price to sell it because thats a smart business decision.
Absolutely. A company has the LEGAL right to do whatever they want with their shit. When a company decides to destroy their shit, hats, gloves, coats etc. in the middle of the fucking winter rather than donating it, i have the right to say "fuck you!" Business decision or not, that's fucking disgusting."When all your friends and sedatives mean well but make it worse... better find yourself a place to level out."0 -
Maybe it's not the right time to tell you guys they also deduct those as business losses come tax time.
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whatsgoingon wrote:A company has the right do whatever they want with their shit. I rather see it donated but over all I read that and don't really care. I think they should have reduce the price to sell it because thats a smart business decision.
clearly they have the right to do what they want with their merchandise.
i was going more towards the 'what a sad society we live in that they'd rather destroy perfectly good clothes many people could use just to claim it on their taxes' side of it...profit over peopledon't compete; coexist
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Pepe Silvia wrote:whatsgoingon wrote:A company has the right do whatever they want with their shit. I rather see it donated but over all I read that and don't really care. I think they should have reduce the price to sell it because thats a smart business decision.
clearly they have the right to do what they want with their merchandise.
i was going more towards the 'what a sad society we live in that they'd rather destroy perfectly good clothes many people could use just to claim it on their taxes' side of it...profit over people
Yeah. Its just sick. The more i sit and think about it, and i'm in no way defending Wal-Mart or anyone else, those who have been around this forum for a significant amount of time know i'm not a fan of Wal-Mart for many reasons, but this goes well beyond Wal-Mart. What do you suppose Aeropostale, Abercrombie, Hollister or the fucking GAP do with their unsold merchandise? They probably aren't donating it.
i used to work for a very large book retailer that i'll leave nameless (i'll give you two guesses). Unsold books were destroyed. Mass market paperbacks, many of them children's books, were torn in half with the two halves being put in separate boxes and sent off for destruction. Whenever i got on my soapbox about it i was told it was per publisher demand. i didn't believe it. Still don't.
We live in a nation that stores food until it rots and the government, at times, pays farmers NOT to grow food.
Again, i'm not defending Wal-Mart at all. i'm just pointing out that this kind of thing is not limited to Wal-Mart or H&M. Its flat out disgusting."When all your friends and sedatives mean well but make it worse... better find yourself a place to level out."0 -
cornnifer wrote:Yeah. Its just sick. The more i sit and think about it, and i'm in no way defending Wal-Mart or anyone else, those who have been around this forum for a significant amount of time know i'm not a fan of Wal-Mart for many reasons, but this goes well beyond Wal-Mart. What do you suppose Aeropostale, Abercrombie, Hollister or the fucking GAP do with their unsold merchandise? They probably aren't donating it.
i used to work for a very large book retailer that i'll leave nameless (i'll give you two guesses). Unsold books were destroyed. Mass market paperbacks, many of them children's books, were torn in half with the two halves being put in separate boxes and sent off for destruction. Whenever i got on my soapbox about it i was told it was per publisher demand. i didn't believe it. Still don't.
We live in a nation that stores food until it rots and the government, at times, pays farmers NOT to grow food.
Again, i'm not defending Wal-Mart at all. i'm just pointing out that this kind of thing is not limited to Wal-Mart or H&M. Its flat out disgusting.
And if you want to count restaurants...The fast food chains are notorious for throwing what's left in the bins at the end of the day (or past their sit time) in the trash. I used to ask if I could bring that food home to hungry college roommates, or the homeless guy on the street, and they refused. It HAS to be thrown out.0 -
cornnifer wrote:Pepe Silvia wrote:whatsgoingon wrote:A company has the right do whatever they want with their shit. I rather see it donated but over all I read that and don't really care. I think they should have reduce the price to sell it because thats a smart business decision.
clearly they have the right to do what they want with their merchandise.
i was going more towards the 'what a sad society we live in that they'd rather destroy perfectly good clothes many people could use just to claim it on their taxes' side of it...profit over people
Yeah. Its just sick. The more i sit and think about it, and i'm in no way defending Wal-Mart or anyone else, those who have been around this forum for a significant amount of time know i'm not a fan of Wal-Mart for many reasons, but this goes well beyond Wal-Mart. What do you suppose Aeropostale, Abercrombie, Hollister or the fucking GAP do with their unsold merchandise? They probably aren't donating it.
i used to work for a very large book retailer that i'll leave nameless (i'll give you two guesses). Unsold books were destroyed. Mass market paperbacks, many of them children's books, were torn in half with the two halves being put in separate boxes and sent off for destruction. Whenever i got on my soapbox about it i was told it was per publisher demand. i didn't believe it. Still don't.
It might be a publisher demand, they don't want thousands of free copies of their books out there.
Same with designer clothing stores... as heartless as an idea is that they would rather throw it out then donate it, they are protecting their brand. If there were countless Abercrombie shirts out there to every poor kid, and everyone had them, it would cheapen the image of their brand. Part of the "draw" that those high end stores have, is that the snobby, trendy kids who buy their crap can basically say "I have this shirt and you don't"... sameful materialistic society we live in, but it is what it is.
Now walmart destroying their crap clothes makes no sense to me...My whole life
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wouldn't they get a deduction for a donation?Starfall wrote:Maybe it's not the right time to tell you guys they also deduct those as business losses come tax time."I knew all the rules, but the rules did not know me. Guaranteed."
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I work for a Grocery store that is high end with a very good reputation....they do lots of work for United Way.....and encourage the employees to volunteer for charity work....yet they trash 4hr old rotisserie and fried chicken....then in the produce department and bakery you would not believe the food we trash....so when I first started I asked why they didn’t donate it....they said they used to but caught people reselling it at flea markets....so I asked why don’t they at least let the employees buy it at a discount? We have single moms and dads that I am sure would help out and make it a little easer on there grocery bill ....There answer for that was because people would cook to much or order to much product so that there would be left overs.....It used to kill me to trash the stuff but now I hate to say after 5 years there, it’s all in a days work......I racked my brains trying to figure away to keep employees honest or some type of procedure that could be used to make sure a food discount could be done to benefit the company and the employees but I have never been able to come up with a plan...so if anyone out there can come up with a plan. I would love to take it to the company because they are really good about implementing new ideas....“We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.” Abraham Lincoln0
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just another reason why everyone should boycott walmart.0
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I seriously wish people would. If I had one wish dealing with our economy that would be fulfilled it would be to have people stop shopping there. So much would seriously change.
Wal-Mart has cost this country countless jobs. Before someone chimes in how they employ so many, they employ them at low rates. The jobs lost were good manufacturing jobs that paid Americans benefits. Wal-Mart is singlehandedly responsible for the huge increase in goods made in China. Companies were forced to move overseas so that they could stay in business, BECAUSE of Wal-Mart.
Seriously read what almost happened to Rubbermaid, it is sick.0 -
Another thing...start shopping local. Buy from Mom and Pop stores. So what the shampoo costs a dime more there.
Check your labels too. I used Colgate toothpaste for years until I noticed it is made in Mexico. We need to bring back jobs to this country and force employers to employ Americans and have their products made here. At least when you buy Made in USA it keep Americans employed. That helps all of us.0 -
JB811 wrote:Another thing...start shopping local. Buy from Mom and Pop stores. So what the shampoo costs a dime more there.
Check your labels too. I used Colgate toothpaste for years until I noticed it is made in Mexico. We need to bring back jobs to this country and force employers to employ Americans and have their products made here. At least when you buy Made in USA it keep Americans employed. That helps all of us.
Try what I use Tom's of Maine which is made up in Kennebunk, Maine or just salt and baking soda. It helps to keep the teeth white.
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blackredyellow wrote:[
It might be a publisher demand, they don't want thousands of free copies of their books out there.
Same with designer clothing stores... as heartless as an idea is that they would rather throw it out then donate it, they are protecting their brand. If there were countless Abercrombie shirts out there to every poor kid, and everyone had them, it would cheapen the image of their brand. Part of the "draw" that those high end stores have, is that the snobby, trendy kids who buy their crap can basically say "I have this shirt and you don't"... sameful materialistic society we live in, but it is what it is.
Now walmart destroying their crap clothes makes no sense to me...
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Aren't you the same guy who started a thread bitching about people on public assistance "living off everyone else" ?
So, by your standards, Burger King should give away their unused food at the end of the day but fancy restaurants should not?
What makes no sense to me is the social Darwinism you seem to endorse."When all your friends and sedatives mean well but make it worse... better find yourself a place to level out."0 -
cornnifer wrote:blackredyellow wrote:[
It might be a publisher demand, they don't want thousands of free copies of their books out there.
Same with designer clothing stores... as heartless as an idea is that they would rather throw it out then donate it, they are protecting their brand. If there were countless Abercrombie shirts out there to every poor kid, and everyone had them, it would cheapen the image of their brand. Part of the "draw" that those high end stores have, is that the snobby, trendy kids who buy their crap can basically say "I have this shirt and you don't"... sameful materialistic society we live in, but it is what it is.
Now walmart destroying their crap clothes makes no sense to me...
So, by your standards, Burger King should give away their unused food at the end of the day but fancy restaurants should not?
seems to be exactly the situation0
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