Primark: Ethical Issues Victim

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Primark offer a low-cost, fast-fashion… so why is it that we’re all so quick to jump down their throats!?

The recession is causing us all to be careful with our money, but we still need to buy clothes. No-frills store concepts and basic display techniques are what allows Primark to allow for smaller profit margins, passing their savings onto their consumers. Also their volume of turnover means that Primark can negotiate low manufacture costs, but lets not forget that all the high-street stores have the ability to do this – they just don’t pass the savings.

At least Primark are honest about their production costs. Topshop and the like are all made in the same conditions, but they just charge you an extra tenner for the product.

Just because Primark make it blatantly obvious that this is the way that the apparel industry works, should they be held as a sole scape-goat for the entire industry?

Primark has been ranked the least ethical place to shop in the British high-street, but would it surprise you to know that M&S were not that far behind them? And the Ethical Consumer Magazine who conducted the survey were unable to recommend any high-street store.

That is not to say that Primark are innocent, but it is grossly unfair that they should be treated as though they are the only guilty party.

Primark attains to all the current industry accepted ethical trading standards, but I think we’re all in agreement that these standards aren’t good enough, and the industry as a whole needs to begin rigorous regulation of the production sector.

Primark should not be held responsible for industry wide faults.

They are a competitive business and they will work within the industry standards to create the greatest profit margins - as any smart business should.

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