Read this if you want the shocking truth about the what happens to the clothes that don't get sold....this really is an eye opener.
It seems to be a case of one step forward, two steps back for the fashion industry.
as the appetite of shoppers for the new encourages retailers to turn stock over ever-faster, where do the garments that are left go?
One employee at a London branch of a famous US fashion chain put this question to the store's manager last week, after spotting a pile of unsold clothes taken from the shop floor. “I was horrified by the answer,” she says. “Most of it is burned, I was told. Some clothes will go on sale again — coats and a few other things that won't date. But the company doesn't hang on to much.”
One employee at a London branch of a famous US fashion chain put this question to the store's manager last week, after spotting a pile of unsold clothes taken from the shop floor. “I was horrified by the answer,” she says. “Most of it is burned, I was told. Some clothes will go on sale again — coats and a few other things that won't date. But the company doesn't hang on to much.”
Companies take note: There ARE creative solutions for pre-consumer waste, burning clothes or slashing them so they are unwearable is not acceptable!
