Released on = March 6, 2006, 10:15 am

Press Release Author = Michael Lackman / LotusOrganics.com

Industry = Apparel & Fashion

Press Release Summary = Because of growing consumer interest in the complex social
and ethical issues surrounding the manufacturing of clothing,
OrganicClothing.blogs.com in collaboration with LotusOrganics.com has published a
three-part blog series "Ethical Shopping, Ethical Clothing" to help provide
consumers with the information that they need to make informed purchasing decisions.


Press Release Body = OrganicClothing.blogs.com in collaboration with
LotusOrganics.com is pleased to announce the publication of a three-part blog series
titled "Ethical Shopping, Ethical Clothing." This three-part blog series carefully
and thoroughly examines the major issues related to shopping ethically and what
constitutes ethical clothing.

The global apparel industry is valued at roughly $390 billion. The number of
garments purchased by American consumers has increased 73% between 1996 and 2001, while apparel prices have fallen 10% over the past decade. "Always Low Prices" comes largely at the expense of poor, uneducated garment workers in developing countries who have been trapped in a system of servitude and sweatshop conditions. Boycotts, picketing, letter writing campaigns, and a barrage of unfavorable publicity in the late 1990's and early 2000's forced many large name clothing chains to adopt
"Corporate Social Responsibility" policies requiring their clothing manufacturers
and suppliers to provide fair wages and safe working conditions to their employees.


The first in the "Ethical Shopping, Ethical Clothing" series explores issues of
sweatshop conditions and how many manufacturing corporations and countries use a
variety of laws and legalistic definitions of "employees" to hide the true extent
of a vast underpaid labor force that lies below the radar of government regulations
and "Corporate Social Responsibility" policies.

The second in the series examines ethical shopping and the rise, benefits and
limitations of Fair Trade policies and organizations, while the third in the series
examines ethical clothing, the concerns of animal rights organizations for the
ethical treatment of animals, and the growing movement of eco-friendly and
animal-friendly designers such as Stella McCartney and Hemandt Trevedi.

The intent of the three-part series "Ethical Shopping, Ethical Clothing" is to give
clothing shoppers the information that they need to make informed decisions about
the ethics of garment manufactures and clothing companies.


Web Site = http://organicclothing.blogs.com

Contact Details = Michael Lackman
LotusOrganics.com
1525 Highway 1
Fairfield, IA 52556
(641) 472-7184
CustomerService@LotusOrganics.com