Worldstock at Overstock.com – shop for handmade items from artisans worldwide


	Worldstock at Overstock.com – shop for handmade items from artisans worldwide
Lexica
6-23-2009 7:46 PM
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/9fbe640c-9ba4-40c1-8705-3c0b759c56e6/209933D3-A0AB-4B02-BF8B-5CBD066D1F7C/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.overstock.com/11977/static.html" href="http://www.overstock.com/11977/static.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.overstock.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.overstock.com/11977/static.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.overstock.com/img/E195D52D-F3C7-4086-AC01-93E70719F26F" alt="What is Worldstock" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.overstock.com/11977/static.html">Around the world there are artisans who know how to make exquisite centerpiece items. Yet they have trouble accessing the US market because they are small-lot producers in an age of mass distribution. Often there is no way to get goods from their remote villages to here, and when there is, too many layers of mark-up make them unaffordable.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.overstock.com/11977/static.html">Overstock's main business is bringing small lots to consumers at affordable prices</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.overstock.com/11977/static.html">we realized that this capacity is exactly what artisans need</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.overstock.com/11977/static.html">We locate magnificent items made by craftswomen and craftsmen around the world. We emphasize sustainability: choosing items that are environmentally sound, and that don’t burn up the natural or human resources of their producers.
Our goal in Worldstock is not to make money, but to create tens of thousands (and someday millions) of jobs in the poorest regions of the world, while bringing customers unique products of which they can be proud – hand-crafted clothing, jewelry, ceramics, furniture, and much more.</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.overstock.com/Worldstock/6/store.html" href="http://www.overstock.com/Worldstock/6/store.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.overstock.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.overstock.com/Worldstock/6/store.html"><DIV class="innerLeft col6height2"><IMG border="0" usemap="#mod2map" alt="Clothing & Jewelry" src="http://cdn.overstock.com/img/mxc/20090605_worldstock_sp2_04.jpg" />
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</MAP></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.overstock.com/Worldstock/6/store.html"><DIV class="innerLeft col6height2"><A href="http://www.overstock.com/23737/static.html?TID=WSSP1"><IMG border="0" alt="Featured Artisan" src="http://cdn.overstock.com/img/mxc/20090605_worldstock_sp2_02.jpg" /></A></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.overstock.com/Worldstock/6/store.html"><DIV class="innerLeft col6height1"> <A href="http://www.overstock.com/Worldstock/Bedding/782/cat.html?TID=WSSP6"><IMG border="0" alt="Bedding" src="http://cdn.overstock.com/img/mxc/20090601_worldstock_sp_14.gif" /></A> </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.overstock.com/Worldstock/6/store.html"><DIV class="innerLeft col6height1"> <A href="http://www.overstock.com/Worldstock/Garden-Patio/133/dept.html?TID=WSSP5"><IMG border="0" alt="Garden & Patio" src="http://cdn.overstock.com/img/mxc/20090605_worldstock_sp2_11.gif" /></A> </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.overstock.com/Worldstock/6/store.html"><DIV class="innerLeft col6height1"> <A href="http://www.overstock.com/Worldstock/Clearance,/clearance,/6/store.html?sort=Top+Secret&TID=WSSP4"><IMG border="0" alt="Recently Marked Down" src="http://cdn.overstock.com/img/mxc/20090605_worldstock_sp2_10.gif" /></A> </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.overstock.com/Worldstock/6/store.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.overstock.com/img/C9F032E7-890D-471D-93C6-01547AF27261" alt="Worldstock Donations" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/209933D3-A0AB-4B02-BF8B-5CBD066D1F7C/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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