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Originally Posted by DiskoTwist  Primark is the worst i have seen so far, still offers affordable clothing, which when you only have £30 for clothes are you going to buy one t-shirt from USC or a whole outfit?
Please if you have any other thoughts comment back, there really are no right or wrong answers, I just want to get an accurate idea of what people think  |
I don't think you can know for a fact that Primark are the worst.
Did you notice in that biased BBC documentary, that they kept finding clothes for other retailers being made in the same places? And that the owners said Primark get priority because they pay more? The director of the doc admitted in his publicity interviews that he targetted Primark as an example, but that during his trip he had seen plenty of other popular British high street retailers, having goods made in the same places and by children. In fact he called the practice widespread and common. Funny how they just targetted the foreign retailer then?
Primark have, for years, been involved in child education in the countries they work in. They did this informally through giving part of their profits to the Irish charity Concern, who provide education, water and health care in 3rd world countries. They always did this quietly and never used it to sell more cheap socks.
However since that doc, they were forced to create their own foundation to counteract the bad publicity it brought. They are now competing with agencies they used to support and this type of diversification is a major problem in holding back development in these countries.
Also, Primark were one of the first shops in Ireland to ban plastic bags prior to the law banning them.
