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From: wts@burl.UUCP (wts)
Newsgroups: net.misc.coke
Subject: Re: COKE Clothes
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Date: Mon, 12-Aug-85 22:21:29 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 12 22:21:29 1985
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Organization: AT&T Technologies, Burlington NC
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The Coca-Cola Co. admitted that they goofed in ignoring the
U.S. textile industry's "Crafted With Pride in the USA" program
of promoting domestic textiles and garments, and of alerting the
U.S. consumer of the growing threat from foreign textile importers.
At meetings of Coca-Cola Co.(Atlanta, GA), the Consolidated 
Bottling co. (Charlotte, NC), and textile officials held at
Glen Raven Mills, Coke advised that they would try to persuade
their trademark licensee to recontract their production into
American producers of textiles and garments.

Coke admitted that their primary interest was not in the manufacture
and promotion of clothing, but in control and proper use and display
of their trademark, and that locale of manufacture had not been of
concern.  Due to the "All-American" nature of Coca-Cola, it seems
that some of the machines are going back into the mills, while
others are taking a "wait and see position".

				William T. Sykes
				AT&T Technologies, Inc.
				Burlington, NC
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