Sweatshop workers pay the price for our bargains
» Original article in The Independent
The downward trend for clothes expenditure over the past decade is not because we are buying less. Far from it - the Noughties saw a vast surge in consumption levels of clothing and footwear. It is because the items themselves are so much cheaper now than they were 10 years ago.
John Hilary is executive director of War on Want
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