“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 potential unrealized.” It seems that the poor benefit the discounting industry far more than the discounting… — 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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“Americans pay less for food than do citizens of any other developed nation.” — Ellen Ruppel Shell Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“MIT-trained urban development expert Wig Zamore said: “IKEA is the least sustainable retailer on the planet.” — Ellen Ruppel Shell Copy Share Image
“...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 Image
