COLD H&M STORES IGNORE HOMELESS NEEDS
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TIMES SQUARE GOSSIP
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H&M STORES AND WAL-MART
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TIMES SQUARE GOSSIP
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SHAME
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H&M STORES AND WAL-MART
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H&M Stores
Stories like this make us sick. According to The New York Times and other media outlets H&M in New York City's Herald Square has been throwing out good clothes and slashing them so they could not be resold or used by anyone needy. Garbage bags of unsold merchandise, most of it slashed with razors to ensure that no one would ever wear or sell it. Cynthia Magnus, who made the sad discovery at the H&M in Manhattan's Herald Square, said. "Gloves with the fingers cut off, Warm socks". Cute patent leather Mary Jane school shoes, maybe for fourth graders, with the instep cut up with a scissor. Men's jackets, slashed across the body and the arms. The puffy fiber fill was coming out in big white cotton balls." The jackets were tagged $59, $79 and $129. And right around the corner from this particular H&M is a collection point for New York Cares' coat drive. The organization's spokeswoman Colleen Farrell told the Times, "We'd be glad to take unworn coats, and companies often send them to us." The Fashion retailer isn't the only one to practice this. Magnus also found bags full of clothes priced with Wal-Mart tags, and each item had a hole punched through it. They were apparently dumped by a contractor, as there is no Wal-Mart in Manhattan. Melissa Hill, a spokeswoman for Wal-Mart told the Times that the company typically donates its unsold pieces to charity and would investigate why those bags was discarded.
Editors Note: With so many people homeless in New York City these days, and the winter in so bad this year, it is in-excusable that these retailers would throw away such meaningful items that could keep the homeless warm in the streets. We also have to wonder, why they were throwing them away. Couldn't they just have a sale to get rid of the items? Something does not smell right here. We would hope that these companies do a complete investigation. These companies brag about how 'green' they are, but their actions tell us something else. To think about the freezing homeless people we see on a daily basis around the H&M store on 34th street, and to wonder what a nice warm coat would do for them. Shame on H&M stores!
Editors Note: With so many people homeless in New York City these days, and the winter in so bad this year, it is in-excusable that these retailers would throw away such meaningful items that could keep the homeless warm in the streets. We also have to wonder, why they were throwing them away. Couldn't they just have a sale to get rid of the items? Something does not smell right here. We would hope that these companies do a complete investigation. These companies brag about how 'green' they are, but their actions tell us something else. To think about the freezing homeless people we see on a daily basis around the H&M store on 34th street, and to wonder what a nice warm coat would do for them. Shame on H&M stores!
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