Luxury fashion brand says it won’t destroy unsaleable goods after facing criticism

 

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Fashion watchdog Diet Prada also shared the same, and added: “In practice, damaging goods raises the costs of the goods sold for retailers, which in turn results in a lower gross profit. In short, damaged inventory reduces a tax bill”.

Sacks wrote in an email, “I’ve been trying to get at the cycle of overproduction and destruction from different angles, including by sharing stories of people who are ordered to destroy these items and by sharing images of the physical mutilated items,” as quoted by Diet Prada.

Following Sacks’ video, Coach wrote in a statement, “We have now ceased destroying in-store returns of damaged and unsalable goods and are dedicated to maximising such products resuse in our Coach (Re)Loved and other circularity programs.”

 

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The luxury brand added, “Last year, we donated product valued at over $55 million to support low-income families, individuals in need, those re-entering the workforce and education programs.

“We will continue to develop and implement solutions to responsibly repurpose, recycle, and reuse excess or damaged products.”

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