#24 Plummeting Apparel Sales and the Fashion Wage Gap

Columbus This Week | Local news, politics and discussions for central Ohio

Would you spend $50 on a shirt or $120 on a pair of shoes? If you are the average American, then you just answered no. This week we talk about what is causing the fashion industry to bleed out, race baiting flyers put up around Hilliard, and a software developer who sought to use sexual favors as currency.

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