Slashers’ Work Ruins Shoes Discarded at a Nike Store

Many retailers will destroy garments that cannot be sold in order to prevent expensive brand-name products from entering society at low or no cost. Some companies simply do not want their products — or even knockoffs of their goods — to be worn by people who are obviously unable to afford them.

"Slashers’ Work Ruins Shoes Discarded at a Nike Store" is from the January 27, 2017 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Jim Dwyer and narrated by Corey M. Snow.