Anyone have any good dirt on the labor and sourcing habits of Esprit, the quasi-hip San Francisco-based design & retail clothing outfit? Their co-founder, Doug Tompkins, is the fellow who 1) tried to buy up half of Chile, for ecological reasons, and 2) whose money paid for a good bit of the terrible conference on globalization that was held in NYC last weekend, and which may be coming to your town soon! Doug -- Doug Henwood Left Business Observer 250 W 85 St New York NY 10024-3217 USA +1-212-874-4020 voice +1-212-874-3137 fax email: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> web: <http://www.panix.com/~dhenwood/LBO_home.html>
