Chanel said it did everything it could to avoid destroying stock

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Britain’s Burberry will no longer burn canada goose outlet canada unsold luxury goods to protect its brand after an admission that it destroyed almost US$40 million worth of stock last year sparked a furor over waste in the fashion industry.Burberry also said on Thursday it would no longer use real fur such as mink and racoon, in another step towards improving its social and environmental credentials which was immediately welcomed by animal canada goose store rights campaigners.The waste revelation in July from Burberry came only months after the owner of Cartier and Montblanc admitted to destroying some of their unsold watches and coincides with growing public awareness of waste and its environmental impact.Story continues below advertisement»Modern luxury means being socially and environmentally responsible,» said CEO Marco Gobbetti, who is taking Burberry more upmarket. Its coats sell for more than cheap canada goose 2,500 pounds (US$3,234) and handbags are priced at up to 1,500 pounds.Many retailers have been Canada Goose Parka called out in recent years for destroying unsold stock, including by slashing or punching holes in garments before throwing them Canada Goose sale out.Richemont, owner of luxury watch brands, said it bought back unsold stock from dealers during a recent downturn and recycled the precious metals and stones that were in the high end pieces.Burberry canada goose outlet shop physically destroyed 28.6 million pounds worth of finished goods in the financial year to April, up from 26.9 canada goose outlet parka million pounds the previous year, including 10 million pounds worth of beauty products such as perfume.The products are generally those that did not sell via discount outlets and are official canada goose outlet more than five years old. Burberry said it would try to reuse, Canada Goose Coats On Sale repair, donate or recycle its products while a strategy to make fewer, more targeted collections should canada goose outlet uk help reduce excess stock.It is also working with the canada goose factory sale sustainable luxury company canada goose outlet jackets Elvis Kresse to transform canada goose black friday sale 120 tonnes of canada goose outlet leather offcuts into canada goose outlet toronto factory new products over the next five years.GROWING AWARENESS Exane BNP Paribas analyst Luca Solca said Burberry’s announcement could put pressure on other luxury names to be more transparent cheap canada goose about how they handle unsold goods.Story continues below advertisement»Concerns about sustainability are slowly but surely becoming more relevant for luxury goods consumers,» he said.Some luxury groups offer sales to employees and journalists to limit unsold stock. Both Kering, owner of Gucci and Alexander McQueen, and LVMH, owner of Louis Vuitton, Celine, Christian Dior and Givenchy, declined to comment.Chanel said it did everything it could to avoid destroying stock, including selling items from previous collections to employees and partners, and starting production on goods once it has received orders goose outlet canada from buyers.The issue of excess stock is, in volume terms, a much bigger problem in the mass market, where retailers and consumers churn rapidly through different styles.Greenpeace says 73 percent of textile fibres used to produce more than 100 Canada Goose Online billion garments each year end up in landfill or incinerators after they have been used.H the world’s second biggest fashion retailer after Inditex, has said in the past it burns stock, but only when it is damaged or, for example, has high levels of chemicals in it. At canada goose jacket outlet the end of May the Swedish group had $4 billon of unsold stock that it said it hoped to sell.Story continues below advertisement»Under no circumstances do we destroy clothes that are safe to use,» a spokeswoman said. Britain’s Primark said unsold products and samples were donated to charity.Burberry is following the likes of Versace, Gucci and the trailblazer for ethical fashion, Stella McCartney, in removing real fur from its ranges.The moves are part of a series of changes at Burberry where Gobbetti is pinning his hopes on new designer Riccardo Tisci to transform the quintessentially British fashion house. Former Givenchy star Tisci has previously designed costumes for Beyonce and Madonna and releases his debut collection in September.»We are committed to applying the same creativity to all parts of Burberry as we do to our products,» Gobbetti said.PETA, the campaign group for the canada goose outlet store uk ethical treatment of animals, welcomed Burberry’s move to stop using fur, which it said was a sign of the times.»The few fashion houses refusing to modernise and listen to the overwhelming public opinion against fur are now sticking out like https://www.bamschaatsteam.nl a sore thumb for all the wrong reasons,» PETA’s director of international programs, Mimi Bekhechi said.Story continues below advertisementWelcome to The Globe and Mail’s comment community. This is a space where subscribers can engage with each other and Globe staff. Non subscribers can read and sort comments but will not be able to engage with them in any way.