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To: H James Morris who wrote (141420)4/11/2002 10:18:51 AM
From: Victor Lazlo  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 164684
 
Could be, I know Glenn and others have made this point before, that VC-funded etailers are selling stuff way too cheap and killing legit merchants.

But i guess its part of the American way.



To: H James Morris who wrote (141420)4/11/2002 12:47:25 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 164684
 
Amazon is approaching single digits again. Hmm.....



To: H James Morris who wrote (141420)4/11/2002 4:07:54 PM
From: craig crawford  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 164684
 
free trade is going to short circuit america's recovery.

Tuesday April 09 04:29 PM EDT

Levi Strauss To Cut Texas Jobs, Cheaper Labor Overseas
dailynews.yahoo.com

Levi Strauss has announced it will shut down six plants and cut 36 hundred workers around the nation in the next few months, 19 hundred of them in Texas alone. The Texas layoffs will occur in El Paso, Brownsville, San Benito and San Antonio. Levi's says it will move the plants' production overseas, where labor is cheaper. Its only U-S production will be done at two plants in San Antonio.



To: H James Morris who wrote (141420)4/12/2002 6:01:01 PM
From: Skeeter Bug  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 164684
 
hj, excellent article...

bottom line, i said the net wwas bad for business b/c it reduced consumer ignorance - the #1 source of business profit.

glad to know the mental slugs are catching up - FINALLY!