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Description: Under pressure to renounce cotton harvested in a Chinese region marked by gruesome repression, they face a backlash from nationalist Chinese consumers.

Source: NYTimes.com

Date: Apr 06, 2021

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/06/business/xinjiang-china-cotton-brands.html

Questions for discussion:

  • What are the issues facing these manufacturers in China?
  • How do their decisions in this matter affect their global presence with consumer brand image?
  • What would you advise marketers to do?