Retailers destroy and trash unsold goods.

[touchring]

Re: Retailers destroy and trash unsold goods.

marvenger, do you think it is true in this particular case? What about selling the goods at deep discount instead of destroying them? Would that not be a "win-win" scenario?

They do this in Singapore for pieces that don't have the branding on the clothing itself, QC rejects are brought here, have their inside brand labels cut and sold cheaply. I suspect that many are secretly sold by the Chinese factories.

[flintlock]

Re: Retailers destroy and trash unsold goods.

There is no shortage of clothing in the USA. I used to volunteer for a charity that collected clothing donations. Mountains of clothes were donated. So much that a lot got thrown away. Destroying these clothes seem wasteful yes, but necessary none the less.

If it were food, that would be another story.

[marvenger]

Re: Retailers destroy and trash unsold goods.

US probably has a similar thing but these guys to a great job alleviating hunger in Australia. http://www.foodbank.com.au/