Four more large US retail chains have stopped buying India’s leather goods in protest against the ill-treatment of animals. Casual Corner, LL Bean, Timberland and Eddie Bauer have followed other chains such as Gap, Liz Claiborne, J.Crew and Marks & Spencer who had already dropped their Indian leather suppliers. The moves follow a major campaign by the animal rights group People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta) and represent a massive blow to the Indian leather industry which was already feeling the effects of a global economic slowdown.

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