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Will this change where you buy your clothes
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maggiewinchester | Report | 27 Apr 2013 21:54 |
Despite my previous comment, I have to agree with you to a degree, Wend. |
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Kay???? | Report | 27 Apr 2013 22:08 |
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Muffyxx | Report | 27 Apr 2013 22:52 |
I don't have a primark locally. But if I did I would still buy something if I liked it and the price was right..... |
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JustJohn | Report | 27 Apr 2013 23:27 |
Wend. You are asking where I buy my pants from. It sent me all a quiver :-D |
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eRRolSheep | Report | 27 Apr 2013 23:35 |
A slightly simplistic way of looking at economics but interesting nevertheless. |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 27 Apr 2013 23:39 |
Sourcing the cheapest labour works both ways: |
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Elizabethofseasons | Report | 27 Apr 2013 23:48 |
Dear All |
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Silly Sausage | Report | 28 Apr 2013 00:12 |
We have a primark locally and when the shop opened over 2 years there was 5000 applications for 200 jobs, they employ a lot of people in the UK , if these shops are boycotted because of the tragedy in India then we would certainly feel the knock on effect here. |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 28 Apr 2013 00:24 |
The answer, imho, across the world, is less profit for the hierarchy, more pay to the workers!!! |
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Dermot | Report | 28 Apr 2013 08:03 |
If UK residents divested themselves of their garments made in these overseas establishments, half the population would be walking around naked. |
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Mayfield | Report | 28 Apr 2013 09:57 |
I fear the cold fact is that even if the super rich shared their wealth (and with human nature that ain’t going to happen, just look a Communism in the old USSR), the world population is now so large that there would never be enough wealth to give everyone a comfortable standard of living. |
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JustJohn | Report | 28 Apr 2013 10:03 |
I'm with Dermot on this. But would have to wear a pair of British sunglasses with rose tinted lenses to avoid the more horrible visions :-D :-D |
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Silly Sausage | Report | 28 Apr 2013 10:13 |
You just can not resist can you John.....any excuse to wum ...how very sad :-( |
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JustJohn | Report | 28 Apr 2013 10:16 |
:-S :-S :-S |
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Kay???? | Report | 28 Apr 2013 10:39 |
Its just not a new thing,,overseas buying has happened for decades, |
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OneFootInTheGrave | Report | 28 Apr 2013 10:41 |
What the hell does Alfred Roberts a grocer from Grantham have to do with a human tragedy in Dhaka the capital of Bangladesh :-S |
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+++DetEcTive+++ | Report | 28 Apr 2013 10:56 |
Boycotting imported goods brings to mind what happened when the volcanic ash cloud disrupted transportation. |
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JustJohn | Report | 28 Apr 2013 10:57 |
OFITG. |
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AnnCardiff | Report | 28 Apr 2013 11:18 |
I never buy in Primark but as has been said, Primark must have made mega money out of their collaboration with the Bangladeshies and therefore have a moral obligation to see that things are being run properly - I am sure they can well afford to oversee the building of a new factory ensuring proper safety standards - the workers will all lose out if Primark pulls out of Bangladesh |
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JustJohn | Report | 28 Apr 2013 11:34 |
AnnC. I know when I worked for Tesco pre-1990 they had about 300 highly skilled (and quite highly paid) technical experts checking all their suppliers. It was part of the contract with all suppliers. I expect they are still doing that today in spades. |
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