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British Fashion House Burberry to Stop Destroying Unsold Items

The Burberry store stands in Mayfair on April 26, 2018 in London, England (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images).

By: Radhakrishna N S

British luxury fashion house, Burberry is on its move to end its practice of destroying unsold items such as clothes, bags, fabric materials, and perfume with immediate effect. It will also stop the of use of real fur following severe criticism from environmental activists. Burberry burnt unsold goods worth £28.6 million in 2007 to protect its brand, taking the sum of products destroyed over the half decade to more than £90m. Earlier, the fashion house defended its practice stating, the energy originated from burning its goods had bee used. “This commitment builds on the goals that we set last year…

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