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Title: Yellow ribbon magnets no longer hot
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UPI
URL Source: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/36181.html
Published: Mar 2, 2007
Author: staff
Post Date: 2007-03-02 22:47:13 by Eoghan
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Comments: 7
KING, N.C., March 2 Magnets in the shape of yellow ribbons with the slogan Support Our Troops are disappearing from U.S. cars. In one sign of the times, Magnet America, in King, N.C. -- the largest manufacturer of the patriotic symbols -- has a stockpile of 1 million of them, The Financial Times reported. The company says its sales of the yellow ribbons have dropped to 4,000 a month from 1.2 million. Every product has a lifespan and this one has run its course, said Micah Pattisall, the company ' s director of operations. The company's largest seller now is a wristband promoting premarital abstinence with the slogan True Love Waits.There appear to be a number of reasons for the falloff in sales of yellow-ribbon magnets. Cheap imports from China, for example, have cut into Magnet America's sales. But a big reason is the drop in support for the Iraq War, the newspaper said. The yellow ribbon is seen as a gesture of support for President George W. Bush. On eBay this week, a black and white magnet that said Out of Iraq, Bring 'Em Back could be had for $5, while the yellow ribbons were one cent each. Copyright 2007 by UPI
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#1. To: Eoghan (#0)
doh. that's the main reason.
They also leave a sun faded shape on the paint.
#7. To: Destro (#2)
mine don't!
Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/LatestBut a big reason is the drop in support for the Iraq War
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