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Animal Rights Issues
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Animal Activists say Retailers to Ban Indian Leather:
     - An article on how J. crew and others stopped purchasing Indian
      leather due to mistreatment of the cows. May 31, 2000.

No Woolies This Winter:
    - An article on the treatment of Merino Sheep in Australia. From the PETA.

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Business Profiles
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Business.com- J. Crew Group, Inc.
    - Sales, employment, VIPs, products and contact info.

Hoover's Online - J. Crew Group Inc.
      - General info from Hoover's.

IWon- J Crew Group, Inc.
     - A lot of general info on the company.

Responsible Shopper - J. Crew Group Inc.
    - A great profile from ResponsibleShopper.com. Includes general info,
     criticisms/praises and more.

The Standard- J. Crew Group, Inc.
     -General info, year's sales, key people, # employees.

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Environmental Issues
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Cataloging The Waste - 1999:
     - A few comments on the catalog industry. J. Crew is mentioned.

Greener Catalogs: Involving Paper Practices in the Catalog Industry:
      - An interesting study on catalogs of major retailers. Go to page 26
        of this .pdf file to see how much recycled paper J.  Crew used in their
        catalog at the time of the study. (1999)

The Tagua Initiative:
     - Information about how J. Crew uses tagua nuts for many of their
       buttons.

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Other Information
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Pepsi IT VP to J. Crew:
     - A January 1999 article on how a Pepsi VP moved to a position at J. Crew.
       Scroll down partway to view article.

Sun a Perfect Fit for J. Crew's Growing Web requirements:
     - An article about J. Crew's switch to Sun systems.

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Sweatshop Issue
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Food Poisoning in Saipan Sweatshop:
    - A paragraph about this incident which occured on March 23, 1999.

Guess? . . . Who Is Exploiting Whom?
     - An article from Change Links, a progressive newspaper. It discusses
         the Saipan sweatshops, lists several companies that have been
         charged with using them, and also lists the wholesale value of the
         annually produced products in the shops per company.

J. Crew drops Burma, stops work in Military-owned factory:
    - A short article on how J. Crew stopped using a sweatshop in Burma.
      This article is from the 1997 Free Burma Coalition news.

Saipan Sweatshop Lawsuit:
    - News about settlements from SweatshopWatch.org.

Saipan Sweatshop Litigation:
    - The litigation online at SweatshopWatch.org! Tons of info on Saipan
       sweatshops.

San Francisco Workers Sue Esprit and Four Others:
     - Sweatshops aren't only outside the continental US! While J. Crew was
       not sued in this incident, they did produce in the sweatshop.

Stop Sweatshops Review:
     - Scroll almost halfway down to see J. Crew mentioned.

Suit Says 18 Companies Conspired to Violate Civil Rights:
     - Information about the Saipan lawsuit against J. Crew and others. From
        the New York Times, January 1999.

Sweatshop Conditions in Central America & the Carribean:
    -A student's page of research and comments. J. Crew is mentioned
       about halfway down.

Sweatshops and Student Activis:
     - An article from hardboiled.org about the Saipan lawsuit against J. Crew
       and other companies, and the sweatshop movement in general.

Sweatshops Continue to Stain U.S. Island of Saipan:
     - Scroll a little more than halfway down to read.

TED Case Studies:
    - A lot of info on Saipan sweatshops.

The Horror Behind the Labels:
     - An article on a meeting with workers from factories in Central
       America.

United Students Against Sweatshops Fight for Better Labor:
    -An article on sweatshops, organizations etc. From Wiretap.

Workers' Dreams of America, Land Them in Sweatshop:
     - Info on the Saipan lawsuit. From CNN, January 14th, 1999.

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