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never shopped in primark new look etc always work to the principle

buy cheap buy twice

found a good brand years ago gabicci expensive but last for years
have some polo shirts i brought about 4 years ago now relegated to knocking about in wear
washed god knows how many times and still look like new

It appears that Primark is at loggerheads with campaigning organisations over signing up to an action plan that will prevent building collapses in Bangladesh in the wake of this week's disaster at a factory in Dhaka.

NGOs have called on Primark, whose supplier Simple Approach occupied the second floor of the eight-storey Rana Plaza building that collapsed, to sign up to the Bangladesh Fire and Safety Agreement. The BFSA was drawn up by trade unions and labour rights organisations following the deaths of 112 Bangladeshi workers in a factory fire and requires the publication of independent building inspections.

So far, Calvin Klein, the owner of Tommy Hilfiger, PvH, and German retailer Tchibo have signed up but Primark is pursuing a different plan.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/apr/25/bangladesh-factory-collapse-primark-

That Sharon is a good Idea,perhaps the Governments of the Countries concerned should ensure that the factories are built to the proper standards before manufacturing begins.

,Its shocking to see and so much devastation all round, but,

people want cheap or affordable to their means and pay little attention under what conditions its made,and cant see people not buying,,,,,,,,there is no UK clothing manufacturing on the scale of that from overseas,

Perhaps its about time these countries saw that work places have some safety that meet with strict rules...

Is better labelling the answer?


If you do not buy products made in these places you are taking away one source of income and forcing them to find another,whatever that might be.

Maybe the big retail companies should inest in setting up properly built,safely run,factories. Maybe they could use Bourneville as a form of inspiration.

Hundreds of garment workers employed in factories that supplied high-street shops in the west, including Primark, the discount clothing store, are feared dead after an eight-storey building collapsed on the outskirts of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, on Wednesday.

Primark issued a statement on Wednesday saying the company was "shocked and saddened" and confirmed that one of its suppliers "occupied the second floor" of the building.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/apr/24/bangladesh-building-collapse-shops-west