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Re: Here it is, micro - People Are Calling On Stores Like Target And Whole Foods To Take The 15 Percent Pledge 

By: micro in 6TH POPE | Recommend this post (2)
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so what percentage of shelf space alreay i occupied by retailers with merchandise for sale by people of color, and secondly, if they were to dedicate that kind of space to only black owned businesses, and the products do not move or go flying off store shelves, do we blame the store, any store, for not losing money on them and replacing it withsome else that actually is in demand from some other compnay no matter what color the skin of the people or person who own it?

That would make too much sense and is color blind....

Retailers sell products that are in DEMAND and have good turnover....

So when does the race card stop being played???


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Here it is, micro - People Are Calling On Stores Like Target And Whole Foods To Take The 15 Percent Pledge
By: kathy_s16 in 6TH POPE
Sun, 14 Jun 20 3:28 AM 		Msg. 01915 of 60008

The internet is full of ways to support black-owned businesses, but when visiting your favorite major retailer, it can get a lot tougher to find their products. A new campaign is calling on stores to make space for more of these businesses in something called the 15 Percent Pledge.

The campaign was created by Aurora James, a fashion designer and founder of the label Brother Vellies, and she is calling on major retailers like Target, Whole Foods, and Sephora to take the pledge. The campaign gets its name, as The Takeout pointed out, because 15 percent of Americans are black, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Retailers who take the pledge would be promising 15 percent of their shelf space to black-owned businesses, which would make their stores' space at least proportional to the U.S. population. This would not only help to create more equity in the products consumers purchase, but it would also help put $14.5 billion back into black communities, according to the site.

MORE: http://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/people-calling-stores-target-whole-120000209.html

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