![]() Urban Outfitters’ rip-off goonies strike again I also linked to a number of other examples from 20 that establish a clear pattern: In that blog post I shared the tale of a designer whose necklace, item name and copy were all blatantly ripped off. I first wrote about the topic a couple of years back for a local fashion blog in a piece titled " Boycott Urban Outfitters for Ripping Off Indie Designers." Urban Outfitters' History of Ripping Off Indie Designersīut, if you feel that vinyl represents something more than a revenue stream and that indie designers deserve to make a living as much as indie musicians do, then you should consider Urban Outfitters' history of ripping off such designers. Here in Asheville, NC, where I currently reside, we have three indie record stores featuring vinyl in a city of less than 90,000 and, given the apparent demographic makeup of local shoppers at Urban Outfitters, one could make the case that Urban Outfitters is expanding the market for vinyl. I imagine many would find that line of reasoning acceptable while others would strongly disagree. Since Urban Outfitters is said to be big buyers of vinyl, then the "work they're doing to support artists and labels likely offsets any harm they're doing to small record stores." To the second, he turns to individuals with indie cred, I assume, from Sub Pop Records and Redeye Distribution who say, hey, we're making money off Urban Outfitters and they're as legit as any other record outlet. Which isn't very convincing but, then again, not all lovers of vinyl are on the left or take a liberal stance, whatever that means these days. ![]() To the first he simply says, hey, other companies someone like you probably support have right wing connections. ![]() Arguing the Case for Buying Vinyl at Urban OutfittersĬhris Chafin, writing for The Village Voice, presents a number of reasons why it's ok to buy vinyl at Urban Outfitters even if you're concerned about CEOs donating to right wing causes, national chains competing with local record stores and the work of independent designers being blatantly plagiarized by corporate entities.
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