Primark boss defends practices as budget fashion brand eyes expansion

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Primark has become a fixture on the high street in the UK, Ireland and beyond.
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Source: AFP

Ireland-based budget fashion chain Primark has been criticised for its record on workers’ rights and the effect of its low-cost, high-volume model on the environment.

But its chief executive Paul Marchant does not agree. “I don’t buy the story that we can’t be ethical buying from Asia,” he told AFP in an interview in Dublin.

In the world of low-cost fashion, Primark — a…

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