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As well as filling SmartPlanet's blog with comments, Panorama's expose on Primark's garment-makers also filled Oxford Street with a small throng of protestors. Around ten people hit the fashion chain's flagship shop on Monday morning to tell shoppers that Primark's claim to pay workers a "living wage" is a sham.
For the full background to the story, click here. The protest was organised by campaign group War on Want, which argues that a new website from Primark is misleading consumers over its claims that it pays garment-makers a living wage. Primark maintains it offers low prices through "low mark-ups and big volumes."
Rikke here at SmartPlanet has rounded up five ethical alternatives to Primark -- check 'em out.
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