H&M, Wal-Mart Destroy Unsold Clothing
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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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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.
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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.
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
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"I will promise you this, that if we have not gotten our troops out by the time I am president, it is the first thing I will do. I will get our troops home. We will bring an end to this war. You can take that to the bank." - Barack Obama
when you told me 'if you can't beat 'em, join 'em'
i was thinkin 'death before dishonor'
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.
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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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.
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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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.
seems to be exactly the situation
Now if the food is canned and not past an expiration date that's different.
That's their excuse. There is no difference in the freshness of the food that was good enough to serve a few minutes before the restaurant closed and a few minutes after it closed.
There are actually charities that go around participating restaurants (and I use the term loosely) to collect food, transport it appropriately and use it in soup kitchens,etc. It's not difficult - it takes time an organisation and less of all this 'let's sue/I'm going to be sued' culture.
I never said what these stores were doing was the least bit right, but was trying to explain their thought process behind it.
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Granted, we all vote with our dollars every day in what we support (local vs. China made goods), but it's the responsibility of the corporations and companies of THIS country in supporting the national economy. By exporting their manufacturing, they are deliberately sticking it to our own economy, and collectively causing it to fail. I know a lot of people disagree with regulations, but there should be regulations for US companies to actually support and uphold the health of our economy, not focus on their individual bottom line.
Is it that simple though. I mean personally I don't have a problem with toothpaste being made in Mexico since why shouldn't people in Mexico have access to manufacturing jobs? I mean you hear all the time in the US about people complaining about people from Mexico sneaking across the border. Yet if those people could find good jobs in their country they probably wouldn't need to illegally cross the border in the US. Not to mention the fact that someone unemployed living in Mexico probably is a lot worse off then someone unemployed living in the United States.
The walmarts I go to may employ people at low rates. But at the same time it seems a lot of the people who work at walmart don't seem to have the skills to work anywhere else. I mean the ones in Canada at least don't seem to have the customer service skills to work in grocery stores or other higher end department stores. So on the bright side at least walmart is providing jobs for people who probably couldn't find jobs anywhere else.
As far as Wal-mart goes I do shop there for my groceries and for hygene products. Sometimes I will shop at Target. I would by my food somewhwer else if it were'nt so much more expensive. I can get 2 weeks worth of food from Wal mart and only about a week (if there are some good sales) on the same amount of money from other stores. Just an example: a cannister of Maxwell house coffee is about $2.68 at wal mart and it's over $5.00 at other stores.
Don't get me wrong I would rather support mom & pop but until I start making over 50k,prices go down, or if anyone on here wants to buy my food for me I'll continue to shop there.
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My three year old son needs to drink Pediasure. He goes through about 4-5 bottles a day; about five to six "six packs'" a week. At the drug store near my house (It's a CVS) six bottles of pediasure cost $15.99. At the nearby supermarket it is 12.99. Closer to my house than all of them is Walmart. They charge $9.99 for six bottles.
The other day i went to walmart and bought three "six packs."
I generally dont shop at Walmart. But sometimes, when your kid goes through about 25 sixpacks of Pediasure a month.... a savings of $3-$5 a sixpack is ENORMOUS! And... they have never been out of the chocolate, while many many of the supermarkets are out of it frequently.
Sad but true.
I would rather make do with less, than support that scumbag operation called Wal-Mart.