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if they don't want to ruin the brand's image... why not just send the clothes somewhere where no one has even heard of H&M? something along thelines of a third world country
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Originally Posted by infamousod
you are all drastically overreacting.
either that or you're all communists.
Originally Posted by Mycoldyourdone
but really...if youre a company...you wouldnt want bums sporting your #!#$
harsh at it seems...business is business....
and destroying it is easier than sending it to a third world country...
if they dont' want to water down their brand(although H&M doesn't really have a visible brand)...they can donate it(like they do withthe non championship winning sports teams) and write it off.Originally Posted by Powfo
From a business stand point it makes perfect sense to destroy your unsold clothes. I'm not saying it's right, but you gotta look at this from H&M's perspective.
"It will not happen again," said Nicole Christie, a spokeswoman for H & M in New York. "We are committed 100 percent to make sure this practice is not happening anywhere else, as it is not our standard practice."
Ms. Christie said it was H & M's policy to donate unworn clothing to charitable groups. She said that she did not know why the store on 34th Street was slashing the clothes, and that the company was checking to make sure that none of its other stores were doing so.
A spokeswoman for Wal-Mart said basically the same thing - she didn't know why their clothes were destroyed and dumped when it's company policy todonate them.
The CUNY grad student who discovered the bags of clothes and tipped off the Times had written H&M's headquarters in Sweden but received noresponse. H&M just launched a Garden Collection made of sustainable, organic, and recycled materials such as PET bottles and textile waste, which makes thehole-punching situation that much more embarrassing.
Clothing Retailer Says It Will No LongerDestroy Unworn Garments [NYT]
Originally Posted by Mycoldyourdone
but really...if youre a company...you wouldnt want bums sporting your #!#$
harsh at it seems...business is business....
and destroying it is easier than sending it to a third world country...
Originally Posted by eight2one
Someone break it down to me as to why the do this?
Originally Posted by B Smooth 202
this is pretty despicable...H&M is fresh overrated and cheap too.
Originally Posted by soltheman
Originally Posted by eight2one
Someone break it down to me as to why the do this?
1. It costs more money to transport them to third world countries than to destroy them.
2. If the homeless/needy in the U.S. started to wear H&M, no one would want to buy their products, because homeless/needy people get them for free.
common bussiness practice and sadly it will continue.
Cosign, its a practice that Ive seen in retail for quite some time and I still havent grasped the entireconcept of just throwing away usable goods...
I work for Home Depot, and almost everyday the store does a number of throwaways a bunch of items in the store... A lot of them are still in great condition orcan be used to enhance your home...
I've seen $400 Dyson vacuum cleaners marked down to a penny and thrown away straight down into the compactor... air conditioners, lawnmowers, pallets ofdirt, mulch, ceramic tiles, lumber, etc...
Now this isnt to the extent of throwing away clothes which is something that the less fortunate can use, but the practice of just throwing items away like thatjust boggles me...
^I believe there is a liability issue when it comes to food.Originally Posted by donpoppa
same thing for restaurants they throw out perfectly good food.
Really though, if not give it away just sell it for dirt cheap. Better than not get anything in return at allOriginally Posted by dbbabd
You guys are some soft ppl .
1) Why would they give their clothes to HOMELESS ppl. That would take away from exclusiveness and demand of their clothes.
2) You think Gucci, LV, Nike, Crooks, Hundreds, Supreme give their clothes away to homeless ppl. NO so %$*$
3) It would take away from their demand.
its just alot. I wouldnt do it either.
Not saying that I dont have a heart for ppl in need but, business is business.
dbbabd wrote:
You guys are some soft ppl .
1) Why would they give their clothes to HOMELESS ppl. That would take away from exclusiveness and demand of their clothes.
2) You think Gucci, LV, Nike, Crooks, Hundreds, Supreme give their clothes away to homeless ppl. NO so %$*$
3) It would take away from their demand.
its just alot. I wouldnt do it either.
Not saying that I dont have a heart for ppl in need but, business is business.
Designer brands also don't produce such abundant quantities as retail stores do. And seeing as how fashion and trends are ever changing Idon't see how it would take away from their demand much because next season their will be completely different things that would have a completely separatedemand than that of the stuff they threw away. Also can't businesses get a tax deduction for donations? so how would it not benefit them?
Originally Posted by SneakerHeathen
Originally Posted by B Smooth 202
this is pretty despicable...H&M is fresh overrated and cheap too.
Not always so, I remember an NTer that bought a bums old JordansOriginally Posted by aceofjays
Originally Posted by Mycoldyourdone
but really...if youre a company...you wouldnt want bums sporting your #!#$
harsh at it seems...business is business....
and destroying it is easier than sending it to a third world country...
But honestly, who pays attention to what a bum is wearing? Nobody would give them, yet alone, their clothing a second look walking down the street. If this is what companies are thinking they have some serious issues.
Originally Posted by Dirtylicious
^I believe there is a liability issue when it comes to food.Originally Posted by donpoppa
same thing for restaurants they throw out perfectly good food.
I don't get why this still isn't possible.Originally Posted by knightngale
how about online shopping for the U.S. market H&M? Maybe they would not have to destroy the clothes