Week 4-Uyen Ngo

There's no doubt we have spoken repeatedly of fast fashion companies their "low cost, fresh design, and quick response times allow for greater efficiency in meeting consumer demand" (276). However, when we are talking about brands, we are mentioning brands such as H&M and Zara, "fast fashion companies that thrive on fast cycle" (275). However, we don't talk about purely online brands such as Amazon. I must admit, I love Amazon as a consumer. It saves my information and with a click, I simply make a purchase at a fraction of the price without worrying about shipping or any other hassle. However, I decided to look into the ethics of this company.

It would turn out to be that "Amazon also overworks both its white-collar and blue-collar employees, and threatens to use its economic power to hurt local economies if the people so much as think of trying to make the company pay its fair share in taxes" (Robinson). The low price of Amazon doesn't come for free, it comes at the lives of others. But because Amazon has made it so convenient, it is impossible to resist, especially when we are poor college students. I found, even knowing this, it was actually quite hard to resist buying a swimsuit from the website after I realized that its prices were so significantly cheaper on Amazon, sometimes up to 80% cheaper for the same product.

Works Cited

Annamma Joy. “Fast Fashion, Sustainability, and the Ethical Appeal of Luxury Brands.”

https://www.currentaffairs.org/2018/12/is-it-ethical-to-use-amazon