Primark will survive child labour scandal
There should be little doubt that Primark will survive its current child labour scandal. They’ll embark upon a by-the-book ‘open and honest’ crisis PR programme. In short, hands will be held up, apologies will be made, suppliers – ‘we had no idea what they were up to’ – sacked.
And it will work… for now.
But as time goes on, such excuses will wear thin. In sacking suppliers Primark has already broken with a commitment to work with ‘failing factories rather than abandon them’. Cutting and running is no longer the honest route. The human rights implications of outsourcing to developing countries have been known for too long for major retailers to be shocked every time they’re exposed.
Longer term people will begin to wonder just how difficult it is to keep a grip of the supply chain. The answer is that it’s very difficult indeed. But not impossible and one Manchester based firm may be sitting on the answer.
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