{"id":228301,"date":"2023-03-08T07:00:38","date_gmt":"2023-03-08T07:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/?p=228301"},"modified":"2023-03-08T19:55:57","modified_gmt":"2023-03-08T19:55:57","slug":"new-balance-outlet-dumps-sole-destroying-number-of-shoes-on-high-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/new-balance-outlet-dumps-sole-destroying-number-of-shoes-on-high-street\/","title":{"rendered":"New Balance outlet dumps shoes on high street in Cumbria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Following the expected closure of its retail store in Snap, New Balance is facing criticism after dumping hundreds of trainers on a Cumbrian high street. <\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The Cumbrian store, which offered New Balance footwear at a lower retail price, has not reopened since closing for Christmas. The shoes, which were left initially left in a skip outside the shop, have been moved to the pavement by the public as people began to look for free footwear.<\/p>\n<p>New Balance is now facing criticism for not donating the unused trainers to a charity organisation.<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Davies, a Penrith town councillor, commented: \"There were shoes everywhere... it was Shoemageddon...\u00a0I was quite shocked that New Balance has just thrown them all out when Shap has a charity shop, for example.\"<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-228301 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/new-balance-outlet-dumps-sole-destroying-number-of-shoes-on-high-street\/shoes-3-1-1-jpg\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"809\" height=\"566\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/shoes-3-1-1.jpg-e1678265001292.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"new balance\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-228304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/shoes-3-1-1.jpg-e1678265001292.webp 809w, https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/shoes-3-1-1.jpg-e1678265001292-300x210.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/shoes-3-1-1.jpg-e1678265001292-768x537.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 809px) 100vw, 809px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-228304'>\n\t\t\t\tCredit: Westmorland Gazette\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/new-balance-outlet-dumps-sole-destroying-number-of-shoes-on-high-street\/shoes-3-2-jpg\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"669\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/shoes-3-2.jpg.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"new balance\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-228305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/shoes-3-2.jpg.webp 960w, https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/shoes-3-2.jpg-300x209.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/shoes-3-2.jpg-768x535.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-228305'>\n\t\t\t\tCredit: Westmorland Gazette\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Richard Lendon, who runs the nearby Abbey Kitchen caf\u00e9, added: \"It sums up our wasteful world. There is a recycling point opposite the shop, a primary school that could have possibly helped and a charity shop in the village which brand new footwear such as this could have been donated to.\"<\/p>\n<p>In response, a\u00a0US-based spokesman for New Balance said: \"A general contractor doing work on-site had cleared old stock items from our store, including single shoes that could not be paired, damaged products and samples.<\/p>\n<p>\"While efforts were made to recycle or donate as many items as possible, we are currently re-evaluating our procedures to ensure the utmost rigour is applied when determining what can be appropriately recycled or donated.\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":114,"featured_media":228306,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10488,6,10494],"tags":[3588,15282,14373],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>New Balance outlet dumps shoes on high street in Cumbria - TheIndustry.fashion<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"New Balance is facing criticism as hundreds of trainers were dumped on a Cumbrian high street after Shap shop unexpectedly closes.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/new-balance-outlet-dumps-sole-destroying-number-of-shoes-on-high-street\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New Balance outlet dumps shoes on high street in Cumbria - TheIndustry.fashion\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"New Balance is facing criticism as hundreds of trainers were dumped on a Cumbrian high street after Shap shop unexpectedly closes.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/new-balance-outlet-dumps-sole-destroying-number-of-shoes-on-high-street\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TheIndustry.fashion\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/theindustryfashion\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-03-08T07:00:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-03-08T19:55:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/new-balance.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Chloe Burney\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@theindustryfash\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@theindustryfash\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Chloe Burney\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/new-balance-outlet-dumps-sole-destroying-number-of-shoes-on-high-street\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/new-balance-outlet-dumps-sole-destroying-number-of-shoes-on-high-street\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Chloe Burney\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/#\/schema\/person\/04c8820fce3db93175092637b1978f3b\"},\"headline\":\"New Balance outlet dumps shoes on high street in Cumbria\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-03-08T07:00:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-03-08T19:55:57+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/new-balance-outlet-dumps-sole-destroying-number-of-shoes-on-high-street\/\"},\"wordCount\":262,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"High street\",\"New Balance\",\"Outlet\"],\"articleSection\":{\"0\":\"Brands &amp; 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