The usual story from the likes of London College of Fashion, Monsoon, Ethical Fashion Forum, or this time New Look. Kate Hills, who wote the blog post, has used the same tactic against me when I try to wrestle free information about UK T shirt manufactuers from her...
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/article-times-misleading-makes-me-so-mad-kate-hills
As Kate Hills says, if you look hard enough in the UK for a factory which will employ people under the minimum wage, you will probably find one. If you pay enough for a UK factory to pay a minimum wage, or you increase the lead time and order size and you pay your bills on time you will find loads more which New Look claim not to have heard of.
If you want to know more about New Look, you can find their bad reviews on Ethical Consumer:
http://www.ethicalconsumer.org/scoredetails.aspx?ProductId=275703
The firm has had trouble getting financial backing recently, and has trouble keeping on good terms with its financial PR companies, working through three in quick sucession.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/article-times-misleading-makes-me-so-mad-kate-hills
As Kate Hills says, if you look hard enough in the UK for a factory which will employ people under the minimum wage, you will probably find one. If you pay enough for a UK factory to pay a minimum wage, or you increase the lead time and order size and you pay your bills on time you will find loads more which New Look claim not to have heard of.
If you want to know more about New Look, you can find their bad reviews on Ethical Consumer:
http://www.ethicalconsumer.org/scoredetails.aspx?ProductId=275703
The firm has had trouble getting financial backing recently, and has trouble keeping on good terms with its financial PR companies, working through three in quick sucession.
