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TOMS founder Blake Mycoskie speaks at the Clinton Global Initiative, Sept. 25, 2013 in New York. TOMS shoes are manufactured in China, Argentina, Kenya and Ethiopia. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan Stock Photo - Alamy
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