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Gucci refutes Chinese factory conditions

Italian luxury house Gucci has been caught in a television scandal that said the company's Chinese employees were working long, arduous hours for little pay to make its products. Hidden cameras showed Chinese workers in Italian factories The Kering-owned company said the RAI-aired broadcast was false, despite factories claiming they used hidden...

Fashion

UK High street employs sweatshop workers

Fast fashion, cheap labour, so the slogan goes. Some of the biggest names on the British high street are still contracting factories who continue to abuse human rights. An Observer investigation has found staff at an Indian supplier to Gap, Next and Marks & Spencer working up to 16 hours a day. M&S, Gap and Next have all launched their own...