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Archive for October, 2006

In the changer 10-31-06

October 31, 2006

Wow, it’s getting cold outside. Perfect weather to play soccer in!
Here’s what we’re listening to this week as we watch the thermometer outside drop:

Rich Mullins: Ragamuffin…
Presidents of the United States of America: self-titled
POD: Satellite
Love Coma: Language of Fools
George Winston: Linus & Lucy (classic “Great Pumpkin” music)

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Black Gold is an award-winning documentary film on how the coffee crisis is impacting farmers in Ethiopia and around the world. We urge our customers to watch this important movie if you are in a city that has screenings. If Black Gold is not playing near you, please consider renting the video when it becomes available.
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Private label orders welcome

October 27, 2006

Need *alot* of sports balls? Not a problem. In addition to our retail, wholesale, and distributor pricing, we also offer private label pricing through our domestic partner Fair Deal Trading USA.
If you are interested in a minimum order of 250 units, just ask and we can help you from design to delivery to your door.

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Union-made sports balls

October 25, 2006

There are alot of connections between the growing union-made movement and the Fair Trade movement as they both seek to better the lives of producers. Where those two movements connect with Fair Trade Sports is with our manufacturer, Talon Sports, in Pakistan (most sports balls produced in the last several decades have come from Pakistan).
In [...]

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The orange dot

October 24, 2006

You’ll notice that the Fair Trade Sports brand usually has some reverse relationship between the colors orange and white. I know why we did it that way, but those reasons are probably only interesting to marketing dorks like me. So I recently asked some folks around the country, “What does the orange dot mean [...]

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New tee shirts

October 19, 2006

Buy a shirt, send us your photo, and tell us Fair Trade Sports means to you. We’ll post your photos (with your permission) on our Flickr page.

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How you can help, Part II

October 13, 2006

Ah, the joys of Top Ten lists. Here’s another Top Ten list of ways you can get involved with the Fair Trade Sports team.

Buy a t-shirt and send us your photo; we’ll post them on our Flickr account. Show everyone in your town what Respect means!
Give us feedback on our line of products. For instance, [...]

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The Face(book) of Fair Trade

October 11, 2006

For those of you on Facebook, hit our new page and join our group of folks concerned with fighting child labor, supporting the Fair Trade movement, and training with high quality sports balls stitched by adults paid a living wage!

For those of you with no clue what Facebook is, don’t fret. You can learn more here.

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Secrets revealed – rude FAQ!

October 9, 2006

Normally, marketing people prepare what’s known as a Rude FAQ…an internal-only Frequently Asked Questions that tend to be asked by “rude” people like journalists, activists, and pretty much everyone else for whom I have Respect for asking the tough questions. The marketing team then has all their sales people, promotional people, and customer service people [...]

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