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Episode 8: A Conveyor Belt Pooping Out Clothing (Even more tales of excess inventory)
Episode 8: A Conveyor Belt Pooping Out Clothing (Even more tales of excess inventory)
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Length:
101 minutes
Released:
Aug 9, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Brands like Burberry and H+M have come under fire (pun intended) in the past few years for incinerating millions and millions of dollars in unsold inventory. In fact, this practice of destroying product is widespread, practiced by most luxury and mass brands in one way or another. How do they get there? Why is destruction so wide spread? In this episode, Janine joins us again to discuss the path to widespread destruction, with a few stops along the way for DEALS DEALS DEALS and the challenges of donating product. We will also be talking about the ways we can manage our own "excess inventory."Questions, comments, corrections? Email us at clotheshorsepodcast@gmail.comFind us on instagram @clotheshorsepodcastAnd don't to forget to check out our new podcast with Kim, The Department. It's about trends and taste!
Released:
Aug 9, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Episode 16: The Negligees of Dynasty, Damp Clothes, and Cults: Fabric waste, part II: Jenny is back to discuss the challenges of working with salvaged fabrics. We will also follow the path of our unwanted clothes through the Goodwill system. And an extra special report on how you may be donating your old clothes to an international cult by Clotheshorse with Amanda Lee McCarty