Sometime Back

[teacake44]

About 4/5 years ago there was a lot of hullabaloo about clothes shops, such has Primark for example, taking advantage of cheap clothing being made in places like India and many other places around the world, so called sweat shops, many defended these shops, saying that people would starve if it wasn't for the orders from these big stores.

It now appears that due to orders being cancelled these sweat shops have closed and many are now starving. so the critics of these stores for using cheap labour were wrong. I would hope that the likes of Primark would offer some sort of help to keep these folk fed.

[TonyV]

Think Primark as well as Debenans have gone into admin closures.

[teacake44]

Same old story in times like this, every man for himself.

[ubasses]

Primark are OK at the moment, but one of their UK suppliers has gone into Administration.

[Maydup]

It cannot be right for us to be buying clothes for just a couple of pounds, the current situation doesn't make it OK. The sweat shops should be run under the fair trade principles.

[Mamyalynne]

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/apr/07/primark-announces-wage-fund-for-garment-workers

[teacake44]

13.38 that's made me feel better. :0) Maydup it looks like Primark are making it as right has can be.

[TonyV]

But this was I on about Lynne from CEO statement.

“Every one of our stores around the world is closed. With a backlog of stock in stores, depots and in transit, we have had to make the very difficult decision to cancel orders for future stock,” he says.

[anneasquith]

Where is the evidence ‘ primark have gone into administration ‘ ?

[teacake44]

Not heard or seen anything on Primark going into admin. But did see something on Debenhams going into admin, for a period of time to try and starve off debtors and to get landlords to cancel rents for a period of time, really don't know if this is so, or how it may work, buts that's how I understand it to be.