He is a overall a good dude. I love what he did with his Sneakers:
As per Joe Pompliano, In 1998, when Shaq was on his way out of the Orlando arena, a mother was seen cursing at him. She posed the question, “Why don’t one of you s** o** a B****** make an affordable sneaker?” in front of him that made him wonder. He even offered her $200 which she violently refused.
The Lakers legend stopped to think about the enormous difference in the actual cost of basketball shoes and how much a typical family could spend. This led to his decision to leave Reebok and start his own line. A thought occurred in Shaq’s mind and he turned to the biggest retailer in the world, Walmart.
It’s been two decades, and Shaq has been selling most of his shoes at Walmart for $15-$30, compared to Nike’s $200 and more. This helped him sell over 120 million pairs of shoes.
He is a overall a good dude. I love what he did with his Sneakers:
Heartwarming sweatshop labour, although I expect that’s the case at both price points.
Are there companies that make stuff without child slavery?
A lot of stuff actually. Many countries have strong anti child labour laws. Of course I know illegal sweatshops do still exist.
A shoe factory in Bangladesh. Bangladesh is one of the fastest growing economies in the world now.
I’m sure with India becoming China-lite, there won’t be any problem with Bangladesh becoming India’s Tibet…nope. none at all.
Have you forgot about Kashmir?
Actually, honestly, yes I did. My bad. I apologize.
In the back of my brain I knew there was something I was forgetting about as I typed and it was on the tip of my tongue.
I imagine so, but sweatshops full of adults don’t strike me as much of an improvement.