Welcome to It Could Happen Here.

A podcast about things falling apart from what you could do about it.

My name is Christopher Wong and today I'm going to be talking about sabotage.

But this is not the episode on sabotage that you expect.

I will not be discussing, for example, the destruction of machinery, throwing monkey wrenches,

slow down strikes with a myriad of other tactics that workers have used this time in

the memorium to strike back at their bosses.

No, instead I'm going to be talking about a far more common and infinitely more dangerous

form of sabotage.

Corporate sabotage.

Now the most ambiguous form of corporate sabotage is the mass destruction of corporations

on products.

The fashion company Burberry, for example, destroyed $370 million of its own product in

one year alone.

Louis Vuitton and Chanel also systematically destroyed their own sold stock every year.

Using H&M and literally lighting their own sold products on fire in order to prevent

anyone from using them.

Quote business insider.

Rishabont, the owner of Catalier-Bunt Blanc, destroyed more than 400 million pounds of watches

over a two year period after an excess in goods in the Asian markets.

Nike has also admitted that a New York store slashed unsolved trainers before throwing

them away and last year an urban outfitter's employee said he was instructed to pour green

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