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Originally Posted by tesla69

there was always some controversy about this but there is certainly a great difference between a group of independent, unknown, uncapitalized artists using the name ironically and a multinational corporation just trying to make a buck or 1000 million with sweatshop product.

i didnt know new balance was sweatshop-made. nike is infamous for this, but new balance was american manufactured as long as they could and to avoid death moved their manufacturing to china.

so i googled "new balance sweatshop" and i came up w/ these finds:

http://www.businessweek.com/2000/00_45/b3706008.htm
this article mentions new balance making efforts to oversee their suppliers--not always successfully because they don't own them but they do try

http://72.166.46.24/archive/features...W_BALANCE.html
this article chronicles new balance's grappling with the dark side

http://www.boston.com/business/artic...t_new_balance/
more sweatshop controversy but NB denies contracting w/ sweatshop

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now i thought it was funny they'd make that shoe-- but funnier that someone would get excited about it? i mean it's a corporate product, like pokemon, or something... i dont know im maybe just too jaded. i hate logos & i never wear conspicuous brand names on my clothes-- i find that tasteless and nouveau riche. but i'm weird, so...