UK stores accused in child labour row over cotton clothingDaily Mail, UK - Oct 30, 2007The availability of such cheap labour appears to have been a key factor in the dramatic cuts in the price of clothing seen in many British shops over the …
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A-List Designers Slum it for Kohl's, Target, H&M, and PaylessVillage Voice, NY - Oct 30, 2007Wang is only one of a crop of A-list designers slumming in the cheap stores this season—the esoteric Englishwoman Alice Temperley has a deal with Target; …
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Shoppers can help kill off sweatshopsScenta.co.uk, UK - Oct 30, 2007Shoppers will always be attracted by cheap clothes. But an increasing cohort will pay a premium for clothes that can clearly be identified as coming from a …
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Cramer Says Buy Selective Retailers (RL, JWN)StreetInsider.com (subscription), MI - Oct 30, 2007He also said RL and JWN should go higher because they are cheap, undergoing buybacks and have strong brand names. However, Jim said DON'T BUY Coach (NYSE: …
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Excerpted from 'Soul Catcher'USA Today - 2 hours agoGrabbing what clothes he could find strewn on the floor and tangled among the sheets, he quickly dressed. He didn't want to be in the vulnerable position of …
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Kid Nation: Episode 7 "The Root of All Evil" RecapBuddyTV - 2 hours agoShe takes free food from the kitchen, prepares it, then resells it on the cheap. The Town Council resents her free market style. Equally upset is Jared, …
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US chains will monitor suppliersDaily News & Analysis, India - 6 hours agoThe American apparel industry estimates that US fashion chains will buy clothes worth $10 billion from India this year compared with $6 billion in 2004. …
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Uniform, but not as easy as ABCStuff.co.nz, New Zealand - 6 hours ago"Who can afford to dry- clean their children's clothes? Who on earth dreams up these uniforms?" For father-of-two Ken Horlor, the Opawa debate brought a …
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Curve AppealCanada.com, Canada - Oct 29, 2007If you're curvy you should save up and splash out on fewer items of clothing. Your figure deserves the crme de la crme of tailoring and fabric, not cheap "2 …
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Charity Shops V. Bargain ChainsConde Nast Portfolio, NY - Oct 29, 2007She doesn't seem to realize that the point of charity shops is not to provide cheap clothes to low income families. It is to raise money for their programs …
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