“since wage and benefit savings are not the main part of the cost advantage for the company it could (conceivably) “continue to pass on most of these savings while paying higher wages and benefits.” — Ellen Ruppel Shell Copy Share Image
“At a national level, the study found that thanks to Wal-Mart the total earnings of retail workers declined by $4.5 billion, with most of… — Ellen Ruppel Shell Copy Share
“Andrew Young, a former U.S. Congressman and U.N. ambassador turned Wal-Mart spokesman, seemed to offer an explanation: “Poverty in America,” he said, “is market… — Ellen Ruppel Shell Copy Share
“Cheap objects resist involvement. We tend to invest less in their purchase, care, and maintenance, and that's part of what makes them so attractive.… — Ellen Ruppel Shell Copy Share
“The typical capitalists are lovers of power rather than sensual indulgence, but they have the same tendency to crush and to take tribute that… — Ellen Ruppel Shell Copy Share
“If enough dishonest merchants water their milk, more and more customers will forget what normal milk tastes like and buy only the cheaper -… — Ellen Ruppel Shell Copy Share
“Discounters gave the common man and woman the opportunity to eschew the cobbler and the darning needle, to break in a brand-new pair of… — Ellen Ruppel Shell Copy Share
“since wage and benefit savings are not the main part of the cost advantage for the company it could (conceivably) “continue to pass on… — Ellen Ruppel Shell Copy Share
“Mexico has lost hundreds of thousands of jobs to China. U.S. Department of Commerce data reveal that from 2002 to 2003 Mexico lost market… — Ellen Ruppel Shell Copy Share
“Americans pay less for food than do citizens of any other developed nation.” — Ellen Ruppel Shell Copy Share
“Craftsmanship cements a relationship of trust between buyer and seller, worker and employer, and expects something of both. It is about caring about the… — Ellen Ruppel Shell Copy Share
“MIT-trained urban development expert Wig Zamore said: “IKEA is the least sustainable retailer on the planet.” — Ellen Ruppel Shell Copy Share
“...mass market consumption offers the facade of social equality without forcing society to go through the hard work of redistributing wealth. Low prices lead… — Ellen Ruppel Shell Copy Share
“Compared with the early 1970s, in 2007 we spent 32 percent less on clothes, 18 percent less on food, 52 percent less on appliances,… — Ellen Ruppel Shell Copy Share
