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Article #379Re: H&M and Wal-Mart destroy and trash unsold goods
From: Some Guy
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 14:23
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 14:23
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anon wrote: > This is so shocking. Completely irresponsible and perverse. I thought that quite a bit of unsold low-end clothing worked it's way down the retail chain from one store to another until it's finally sold or (as should have happened here) given to charity. It can be more expensive to destroy this stuff vs giving it to charity. High-end clothing and consumer products (like golf clubs) are routinely shreded beyond use (there are companies that provide that service). This reflects the fact that in those cases, the cost to make those products is low compared to the cost to market them, and it can cause harm to the percieved value of the brand if unsold products turn up in surplus stores.
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