From Unpaid India Workers, To China’s Uyghur Crisis, Fashion Retail Has A Huge Problem

  • Date: 02-Apr-2021
  • Source: Forbes
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From Unpaid India Workers, To China’s Uyghur Crisis, Fashion Retail Has A Huge Problem

Clothing is displayed inside a Banana Republic in Santa Monica, California. The vast majority of ... [+] everything their parent company, The Gap, makes comes from Asia. That might change. Photographer: Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg



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These are the people that make our jeans and sneakers. This is the world they inhabit. This is the sector they work for. They are a part of the global supply chain of fast fashion, almost all of it out of Asia.

Walk into a Macy's or a Gap, and for sure the labels will all say Made in India, Made in Bangladesh, Made in Vietnam, Made in China, with a few exceptions. Do it sometime.

The Gap, which is one of the most transparent of all of the fast-fashion retailers, publishes a list of the contractors that make its clothes. They should be commended for it. They have 140 in China, though none in Xinjiang, home to the Uyghur detention centers. They have 62 contractors in Indonesia and