But that's not a discrimination argument, but a "how stupid are you" business argument.
In today's difficult markets, purposefully rejecting any potential sales is questionable. But, note that these were not direct sales (from what I can tell), these were sales to salon owners, to get them to CARRY the product (not direct-to-consumer sales), and the company may have legitimately determined that the people who owned those salons would be more likely to buy from a specific set of people. Which actually (to me) says more about the salon owners than the company (who is only interested in sales - or should be). They should be the ones who are embarrassed. On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 2:52 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > > put it this way -- why would they NOT want to target the sizable > Moroccan and Algerian consumer pool? The many African women in France > who also buy shampoo? If there is a legitimate reason why not I might > reconsider. And I do not consider a concern that a product used by > minorities might be viewed as inferior to be legitimate. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:298950 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
