Gymboree’s empty promises

Posted on February 1, 2010 by admin | No Comments

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 [...]

Buying absolution? Charity to compensate for slavery

Posted on February 1, 2010 by admin | No Comments

Gymboree is flaunting its charitable bona fides to customers, spreading news of its contributions to St. Judes Children’s Hospital.  Never mind the Uzbek children crippled picking the cotton for its clothes have no access to plausible (or any) health care…
Matt McCauley just doesn’t seem to get it.  More on that soon.

What you can do: email Gymboree, Fred’s and Abercrombie & Fitch

Posted on December 21, 2009 by admin | No Comments

A select few retailers are getting closer to getting Uzbek cotton out of their supply chains.  These include J. Crew, and Hanes, the t-shirt maker; some others don’t want to be named until they are further along in the process.  But some corporations are just plain recalcitrant, including those named above.
When I go to buy [...]