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Martha Stewart, Macy’s CEO studying Haiti crafts
Martha Stewart, Macy’s top executive and a high-end fashion designer landed in the Haitian capital Wednesday to do a little shopping, the Associated Press reports.
The aim of the day trip was to explore business opportunities, promote foreign investment and even renew purchase orders for the metal and papier-mache handicrafts for which the Caribbean nation has long been known.
“It’s a commercial visit,” Stewart told The Associated Press. “We’re talking business.”
Stewart and fashion designer Rachel Roy came to Haiti at the invitation of Macy’s Chairman and CEO Terry Lundgren to meet with Haitian artisans and see the crafts they have been making and selling in 25 of his stores in the United States since October.