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Gymboree’s empty promises
It’s interesting that Gymboree feels at least a tiny obligation to respond to the query I sent upon receiving word of its charitable leanings:
-Original Message–
From: cassandra_cavanaugh@yahoo.com
Date: 1/4/2010 4:34:58 PM
To: customer_service@gymboree.com
Subject: Fw: Happy New Year From Our Chairman & CEO [#144624]
Dear Mr. McCauley,
Support for a children’s hospital in no way excuses the misery your corporation is bringing to the [...]
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Matt McCauley just doesn’t seem to get it. More on that soon.
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While over 25 companies have committed to boycotting the use of Uzbek
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Independent World Report calls out European brands: join the boycott!
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Companies that get it: the Gap
This site will spotlight the growing handful of companies worldwide that reject the use of cotton produced with forced child labor in Uzbekistan. Thankfully for my family’s buying habits, this includes the Gap, which states on its website:
Cotton from Uzbekistan
Under no circumstances is it acceptable for child labor to be used in the production of [...]
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