Macy's admits mannequin screw-up
By adamg - 6/15/06 - 7:21 pm
In Newsweekly reports:
Macy's East Chairman and CEO said that Macy's made a "mistake - unquestionably" when employees removed mannequins from the gay pride display at its downtown Boston location last week.
"Am I regretful that Macy's made a mis-step in this instance? Yes," Ron Klein writes. ...
Via Jesse Kanson-Benanav.
Earlier:
Protesting Macy's decision to can the gay mannequins.
Comments
Pander in both directions
This smacks of insincerity from Macy's. The company is just trying to play both sides -- changing the display to appeal to the homophobic activists, and then apologizing to the gay rights activists after the damage is done. Very weak.