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Article

23 Apr 2006

Author:
Nick Mathiason, John Aglionby, Observer [UK]

The true cost of cheap clothing

The Taiwanese-owned business [Fortune Garment and Woollen Knitting Factory] sells garments to some of Britain's biggest retailers - among them, household names such as Next, Debenhams and BHS, headed by Philip Green...Almost all the 30 workers interviewed said conditions in the factory were poor.