Biz Bytes: A no-holds-barred look at the week's business news
Sunday, November 14, 1999
By Steve Massey, Post-Gazette Associate Editor
Doing Well By Doing Good ...
GreenMarketplace.com, a Squirrel Hill start-up that sells an array of environmentally friendly products, recently moved its distribution facility from Tucson, Ariz., to Pittsburgh after finding the market for its wares stronger in the East than the West. An added bonus for the city: Its warehouse and shipping is being handled by Goodwill Industries, which expects to train and employ 70 workers over five years.
The call:
It's nice to see socially desirable goals served by the profit motive.
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