Jackie Horrick

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  Jackie commented on the article | about 3 years ago

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  Hi, Jackie here from Alternative Outfitters.  I usually just read the blogs written about us, but in this case I feel like I need to add our two cents.  I specifically remember the letter from Animalia Libero and I also remember that she misread an ad on our site. We had an ad on our site for our AO Activewear that was in fact sweatshop free (made by American Apparel) and we stated (in the ad) that those particular products were indeed sweatshop free.  When she wrote us and asked us about that particular claim, we responded by asking her where she read the claim. In her response to us, she realized that she misread the site and that it was for those particular items only (I still have her email). Unfortunately, now she is claiming that we deliberately tricked her and is implying that we also lied. 
  
  "At the time, their site said "sweatshop-free" from US and Canada. You will notice that it no longer says this on thr front page."
  
  "In my opinion, it's a flat-out lie to claim something is "sweatshop free" knowing that it comes from China and other sweatshop countries."
   
  We never and will never make the claim that the imported items we sell are 100% sweatshop-free unless we are 100% sure they are.  Unfortunately we don't have the means to visit the manufacturing facilities ourselves, but we do require all our vendors, that manufacture outside the US and Canada, sign a Fair-Labor agreement with us. We are a very small company and are doing our best to offer fashionable leather-free shoes and accessories to our customers in the hopes that when they buy leather-free shoes from us, they are not buying real leather shoes elsewhere. We are not the only vegan store mentioned in the above post that sells imported items from China and other countries. Unfortunately, it is very difficult to find fashionable shoes and other accessories not made in China and other countries where fair-labor can be an issue. It is obviously the choice of our customers to buy or not buy from us regarding our Fair-Labor policy, but I thought it was unfair of Animalia Libero to imply that we lie about the items we sell.