Posted October 20, 200618 yr http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/36/Baugur_group_logo.gif http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3b/Iceland_supermarket_front.jpg how commited are you? will you try not to shop in these stores all owned or part-owned by Icelandic investment group Baugur , due to Iceland's stance on hunting whales and their braking of international agreements over them? Woolworths Group plc Goldsmiths jeweller Julian Graves health food shop Booker Cash & Carry Iceland Supermarkets Oasis boutique Karen Millen boutique Hamleys toyshop Coast boutique Whistles boutique MK One value boutique Magasin du Nord department store (Denmark) Illum department store (Denmark) Merlin Electronic appliances Woodward Foodservice caterer Shoe Studio Group shoe retailer House of Fraser
October 20, 200618 yr theres precious little justification for murdering these intelligent, gentle, giants.
October 20, 200618 yr they're all pretty nasty low-grade shops anyway - so yes - avoid all at all costs.
October 21, 200618 yr Author they're all pretty nasty low-grade shops anyway - so yes - avoid all at all costs. well apart from Magasin du Nord and Illums. they charge you £1 for a carrier bag there, however its a v delux one (well as deluxe as you can get in a place where there supposed to be no class :lol:
October 21, 200618 yr theres precious little justification for murdering these intelligent, gentle, giants. I have to agree babe. And also I don't shop in any of these stores.
October 23, 200618 yr Japan is just as bad though so if we boycott the stores above then we need to boycott Sony, Panasonic, Toyota, Honda and so on as they are murdering whales too so there is no point boycotting Iceland and then buying loads of Japanese electrical goods come payday Having said that I never shop in any of the above anyways
October 23, 200618 yr c**ts :angry: Iceland has marked its return to whaling by killing an endangered fin whale for the first time since the 1980s. It announced last week it was going to start hunting again, despite a worldwide moratorium. And over the weekend Iceland broke the international ban when its whalers harpooned their first whale since the ban was imposed in 1985. The Hvalur 9 ship, the only whale boat to leave port since the ban was lifted, has since returned with its catch - an endangered fin whale caught 200 miles west of Iceland. People gathered in the port to applaud the hunters as the whale was hauled onshore and carved up. Norway also sanctions commercial hunts of whales, often eaten as steaks. Both countries argue that stocks have recovered since the International Whaling Commission banned commercial hunts in 1985. Japan, the other main whaling nation, says its hunts are for scientific research.
October 23, 200618 yr The best way to get things moving with this is to hunt down these company's head office addresses on the web and email them - you'd be surprised how quickly businesses change their minds about things when their customers start rebelling...... here's a few of them for you.... if these companies get just a few calls a day from disgruntled customers - you watch them move; Woolworths Head Office telephone number: 0845 608 1100 Woolworths Head Office email address: customer.relations@woolworths.co.uk Iceland Head Office telephone number: 01244 830100 Iceland contact address: Iceland Foods Ltd Second Avenue Deeside Industrial Park Deeside Flintshire CH5 2NW House of Fraser telephone number: 0870 160 7258 House of Fraser contact address: House of Fraser 1 Howick Place, Victoria London England Oasis Stores London Regent Street 292 Regent Street London W1R 6QL United Kingdom Oasis telephone number: 020 7323 5978 Karen Millen email: enquiries@karenmillen.com Goldsmiths Jewellers: email: webenquiries@goldsmiths.co.uk Goldsmiths address: Goldsmiths.co.uk, Goldsmiths House, 2 Elland Road, Braunstone, Leicester, LE3 1TT
October 23, 200618 yr The best way to get things moving with this is to hunt down these company's head office addresses on the web and email them - you'd be surprised how quickly businesses change their minds about things when their customers start rebelling...... here's a few of them for you.... if these companies get just a few calls a day from disgruntled customers - you watch them move; Woolworths Head Office telephone number: 0845 608 1100 Woolworths Head Office email address: customer.relations@woolworths.co.uk Iceland Head Office telephone number: 01244 830100 Iceland contact address: Iceland Foods Ltd Second Avenue Deeside Industrial Park Deeside Flintshire CH5 2NW House of Fraser telephone number: 0870 160 7258 House of Fraser contact address: House of Fraser 1 Howick Place, Victoria London England Oasis Stores London Regent Street 292 Regent Street London W1R 6QL United Kingdom Oasis telephone number: 020 7323 5978 Karen Millen email: enquiries@karenmillen.com Goldsmiths Jewellers: email: webenquiries@goldsmiths.co.uk Goldsmiths address: Goldsmiths.co.uk, Goldsmiths House, 2 Elland Road, Braunstone, Leicester, LE3 1TT I think it makes no difference though Russ, Nike have been pressured by consumers not to use child labour in the far east and it has made no difference, KFC have been pressured by consumers to treat their chickens in a humane way and have not listened so sadly it will make no difference
October 23, 200618 yr Retail relative small fish like Karen Millen and Oasis - if they receive a steady stream of emails questioning their stance on this... I think it'd be different to massive monsters like Nike, who, quite frankly, wouldn't give a sh*t.
October 24, 200618 yr Author Retail relative small fish like Karen Millen and Oasis - if they receive a steady stream of emails questioning their stance on this... I think it'd be different to massive monsters like Nike, who, quite frankly, wouldn't give a sh*t. Baugur are not the small fry you think either. then again i suppose i should not talk about frying where whalemeat (and chips) might come into the equasion
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