BKE-Go Green

That I know of, BKE does not have any ties with environmental impact or the Go-Green movement regarding their apparel. The ideas that I would recommend would be 1) to implement the use of organic materials to make some of their clothing, 2) to donate a small percentage of sales to an environmental friendly organization, and 3) to set up donation bins or other ways to recycle clothing.

Dolce & Gabbana-Social

Dolce & Gabbana had an advertisement that the public took as a "gang rape" scandal. The following article explains about the ad and what happened with it.

Media discourse has it wrong on sexual violence: the Richmond gang rape
An earlier version of this article was previously posted at AAUW’s blog, Dialog.

This Dolce & Gabbana ad (2007) glamorizes gang rape
Most people have heard about the alleged gang rape of a teenage girl a couple weeks ago, along with many shocking and horrific aspects of the event. However, some reported details may have done more harm than good in increasing awareness about sexual assault.
According to the Associated Press, “as many as a dozen people watched a 15-year-old girl get beaten and gang-raped outside her high school homecoming dance without reporting it” and, in addition to the two suspects in custody, “as many as five other men attacked the girl over a two-hour period.”
The article goes on to be a regular crime reporting article, then it hits you like a ton of bricks:
Police said the girl left the dance and was walking to meet her father for a ride home when a classmate invited her to join a group drinking in the courtyard. The victim had drank a large amount of alcohol by the time the assault began, police said.
WHAM! She was drinking—underage nonetheless—so there’s an implication that the attack was her fault. No, it’s not an outright statement of blame, but an implication. This sort of coverage may lead people to believe that she “had it coming” because she participated in this “risky” behavior.
This language and discourse is how the media upholds the status quo regarding sex crimes. We, as a society, place blame on those taking part in what is perceived as risky or promiscuous behavior. In this case, that behavior was consuming alcohol.
Any time a survivor’s wardrobe, substance use, or even sexual history is mentioned in the article, you may have a case of victim-blaming on your hands, whether it was intentional or not. Intent does not dictate how the report will be interpreted by the general public and what conclusions they will draw from it.
Rape is never okay. It doesn’t matter how much she had to drink because that didn’t directly contribute to the personal motivations of the perpetrators to participate in a gang rape for over two hours. The alcohol she drank wasn’t responsible for the 10 to 20 bystanders who didn’t call the cops.

BKE-Social

There are not really any social issues regarding the Buckle. I would hope that if there were issues, regarding working conditions or impact on the environment that Buckle would be a noble company. I want to believe that they treat their workers fairly, that they appreciate them, give credit where credit is due, and reward and acknowledge their positive efforts. As far as the environment goes, i think everyone should do their part to help.

Dolce & gabbana Finances

There is a tremendous amount of information on the below sight regarding financial information not only of Dolce & Gabbana, but also of those who can afford to shop there, and of their main competitors. It cery interesting to see. Give it a look!

http://www.hoovers.com/dolce-&-gabbana/--ID__60321--/freeuk-co-factsheet.xhtml

Buckle Finances

Select this link to view financial information for The Buckle. It includes investor information, income statements, stocks, balance sheets, etc. Check it out!

http://www.buckle.com/corporate/corporate.jsp?CONTENT%3C%3Ecnt_id=10134198673867247&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=1408474395182994&bmUID=1259858819074

Dolce & Gabbana Structure

Dolce & Gabbana is a privately held brand established in 1985 in Milan, but the two key designers Domenico Dolce & Stefano Gabbana. This company has grown and become a very huge, high class, upscale, fashion icon brand! The headquarters is currently located in Milan, and consists of two buildings.

Alfonso Dolce -Chief Executive Officer

Stefano Gabbana-Co-founder

Domenico Dolce -Co-Founder

Cristiana Ruella-Chief Operating officer

Giacomo Santucci-Head of Sales and Licensing and Head of Business Development

Buckle Structure

The Buckle first began in 1948 in the town of Kearney, Nebraska, which is where the headquarters is still located today.There are currently over 400 Buckle stores in 41 states. Dan Hirschfeld has been with the company since 1965 and leads the company as Chairman of the Board. Dennis Nelson is the President and Chief Executive Officer. Executive Vice President, Jim Shada, and Kari Smith, Vice-President of Sales.