Comments on: The Bay drops Ahava: A victory for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement in Canada http://www.tadamon.ca/post/8522 Sat, 30 Jul 2011 12:30:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Alex http://www.tadamon.ca/post/8522/comment-page-1#comment-152804 Alex Wed, 09 Feb 2011 11:23:26 +0000 http://www.tadamon.ca/?p=8522#comment-152804 It will be interesting to see how they "rebrand". It will be interesting to see how they “rebrand”.

]]> By: Dan http://www.tadamon.ca/post/8522/comment-page-1#comment-151706 Dan Sat, 29 Jan 2011 21:58:50 +0000 http://www.tadamon.ca/?p=8522#comment-151706 HBC explicitly said that the move had nothing to do with BDS and yet it is recognized as a victory for BDS. I understand that HBC made this change because of declining sales of Ahava and that could be seen as a result of BDS work. Yes, it indeed could, but it also could not -- this assumption of causation here is purely a guess. I find this "well, it could be because of us" claim takes away credibility from the movement. HBC explicitly said that the move had nothing to do with BDS and yet it is recognized as a victory for BDS.

I understand that HBC made this change because of declining sales of Ahava and that could be seen as a result of BDS work. Yes, it indeed could, but it also could not — this assumption of causation here is purely a guess. I find this “well, it could be because of us” claim takes away credibility from the movement.

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