Friday, February 17, 2012

At What Price?

We Love to Shop But at What Cost?

The Better World Shopping Guide is a little pocket book we should all carry around. It will make shopping much more difficult because we are so use to convenience and we think we've won by getting a good deal, we feel good about ourselves. But while we may be "winning," children across the world are losing, big time. Slave labor is the reason we can walk into a store and buy a shirt for $5. Is it worth it? Free2Work is an advocacy group that has a bunch of information and I encourage you to visit their site as well as get your own copy of the Better World Shopping Guide. But for now, for all you shoppers out there, here is a list of companies from best to worst:


A+ Used Clothing Stores


A Patagonia, Autonomie, No Enemy, Hempys, Ecolution, Deva, Maggie's Organics


A- Elleen Fisher, American Apparel


B+ Levi's, Liz Claiborne, Timberland


B Gap, Nordstrom, Cutter & Buck, LL Bean, Eddie Bauer


B- Abercrombie & Fitch, J Crew, PVH, Bass, Izod, Calvin Klein


C+ Tommy Hilfiger, Nichole Miller, Burberry, Quicksilver, Rip Curl


C Men's Warehouse, North Face


C- American Eagle


D+ Hanes, Champion, Beefy-T


D Target, Express, Limited, FTL, Esprit, Bill Blass, Land's End, JC Penney, Victoria's Secret


D- Russell, Guess, DKNY, Khol's


F Walmart, Sam's Club, Macy's, Polo, Jones, Marshall Fields, Foley's, LA Gear, Dillard's, Disney, Kmart, TJ Maxx, Perry Ellis, Vanity Fair, Ralph Lauren.


Now that you know, what are you going to do?


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