Goodwill Rejecting Kanye West’s Yeezys & Will Not Promote Them In Any Of Their Location
The previous few weeks for Kanye West have been a wild journey of firms, companions, and initiatives straight concerned with the previous billionaire reducing ties over his latest antisemitic remarks.
His press run over this era noticed Ye take to any outlet that will give him a voice, and in every look, reiterated the damaging ideology that has lastly led to the tip of one in every of footwear’s most profitable collaborations, adidas x Yeezy.
With this, we’ve seen The Three Stripes straight cease gross sales of any product by way of their very own DTC strategies and by way of retailers throughout the globe in addition to the resale platform TheRealReal halting all gross sales of Ye-affiliated merchandise.
Whilst costs soar on the secondary market and choose colorways grow to be among the most offered merchandise on StockX, it appears much more firms don’t need to be related to Ye as a memo despatched to Goodwill workers directing them to now not settle for Yeezy attire or sneakers has surfaced on-line.
Instantly from this memo that was despatched by Andy Barajas, Director of Kaizen Engineering/Superior Scheduling at Goodwill, “As we attempt to take care of the hottest product data on Elevated Manufacturers obtainable to promote we’re delicate to present occasions and take motion when designers and types don’t align with our Mission and RISE values.
We’re presently eradicating the sale of Adidas Yeezy Model product from all channels, Retail Shops, Boutiques, eCommerce and Retailers. As effectively from our Elevated Manufacturers device.”
To start out his endless spiral over the past month, Kanye first debuted his ‘White Lives Matter’ shirt at his Paris Vogue Present. From there, he doubled down on why white lives matter and that he was truly happy with the shirt.
