TOMS for the Cause

Old Navy SHAME ON YOU!!!!!!!  I am shopping in this store and see that they have knocked of TOMS. This is concerning to me because they are offering their cheap imitation for $19.94 And they aren't even doing it for for a cause.

Now I have worked in retail for a long time, long enough to know that a pair of designer jeans really cost around 20 to make with premium fabrics and that is made in the U.S.

Old Navy manufactures their products in Cambodia China, Colombia, El Salvador, Indonesia, Mexico, Moldova, Peru, Philippines, Turkey, Vietnam. So the actual cost of the shoes is probably around 5 bucks. OK I will say $10 for the benefit of Old Navy. So really $20 can pay for a pair for a child somewhere. And why would you knock off a shoe that is making a change for a child. Disgusting. Old Navy I am disappointed.

TOMS is an amazing company.
"In 2006, American traveler Blake Mycoskie befriended children in Argentina and found they had no shoes to protect their feet. Wanting to help, he created TOMS Shoes, a company that would match every pair of shoes purchased with a pair of new shoes given to a child in need. One for One. Blake returned to Argentina with a group of family, friends and staff later that year with 10,000 pairs of shoes made possible by TOMS customers." TOMS.com


TOMS has started a similar cause for glasses. You buy a pair of sunglasses and a child that need prescription glasses gets a pair! Wow I am so amazed and proud that this company is making such and impact on our global community. I will be an avid supported of TOMS! And this year I will go a day with no shoes... April 10 2012... Will you?