International Brand ZARA Once Again Plunged Into "Sweatshops" Storm

ZARA, Europe's fast fashion giant ZARA, was once again caught up in sweatshops after its involvement in sweatshops in Brazil at the end of 2011.

It is reported that the Argentina incident led directly to the flagship store in the big cities of Argentina.

"We have not received any specific allegations from NGO La Alameda, so we can not verify the authenticity of the allegation," ZARA, a responsible person in China, said in an interview with reporters.

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< p > according to foreign media reports, local police and prosecutors in Argentina recently raided 3 illegal factories in Buenos Aires, which are contract manufacturers of fashion giant ZARA, which are suspected of hiding "slave labor" in the sewing workshop.

Sources said the investigation was conducted by a non-governmental organization La Alameda. The undercover officers secretly photographed the situation in the factory and provided it to the police as a clue.

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< p > a total of 30 thousand workers were surveyed. Foreign media reported that the work environment of these factories was very messy and filled with materials and wires.

The tailoring machine is next to the bed. The workers have to work from 7 to 23 every day and work for 16 hours, but their income is only one < a target= "_blank" href= "//www.sjfzxm.com/" > clothing < /a > 1.7% of the final price.

The labels on these factory clothes show that they are helping ZARA OEM.

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"P ZARA" in China said yesterday, "feel unfairly treated without warning, and hope to join hands with La Alameda to investigate these complaints."

At the same time, Inditex group is absolutely "zero tolerance" about these situations. "We will audit every supplier in Argentina every year. In the past two years, we have conducted more than 300 audits of 60 suppliers in Argentina."

She introduces, "Inditex group conducts regular social audit and tracking records on the first tier suppliers and external manufacturers every year, according to the data, carries out the examination and monitoring of the second and continuous production lines."

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< p > as early as the end of 2011, ZARA was involved in the use of slave labor in Brazil.

It is understood that ZARA has more than more than 240 suppliers in China.

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P has been developing rapidly in China in recent years. The ZARA parent company Spain Inditex group reported its sales in 2012, reaching 15 billion 946 million euros, an increase of 15.6% over the same period last year, with net profit of 2 billion 361 million euros, an increase of 22.2% over the same period last year, and its performance was satisfactory.

In the 2012 fiscal year, Inditex group has 6009 stores in the world, while the Chinese market has 396, behind the group's number of stores in Spain.

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< p > although the performance is impressive, but last year, ZARA and Levi's, Nike, Adidas and a number of international and domestic big supply chain were all referred to as pollution problems.

Last year, 5 environmental organizations, such as friends of nature and the public environment research center, jointly released the "fashion pollution" - "green choice" a target= "_blank" href= "//www.sjfzxm.com/" > textile < /a > brand supply chain pollution ", which exposed the pollution situation of some foundries during the production process.

Environmental industry insiders told reporters that with the improvement of consumer awareness, "I believe there will be more consumers concerned about the importance of fast fashion brand manufacturing behind the problem."

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