Would you buy cheap child-sweatshop made clothes?

22 June 2008

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Poll Started 23 June 2008. Would you buy cheap child-sweatshop made clothes? There’ve been reports this week that some Primark clothes have been finished off using child labour. If this is confirmed, will it change the way you shop there? Which of the following is closest to your view?

Poll Started 23 June 2008.

Would you buy cheap child-sweatshop made clothes?

There’ve been reports this week that some Primark clothes have been finished off using child labour. If this is confirmed, will it change the way you shop there?

Which of the following is closest to your view?

Results

A. Who cares? It’s a different culture, it's not our business.		917 votes (10 %)
B. It’s cheap and that’s more important to me.		730 votes (8 %)
C. I don’t believe it's worse than any others, so there’s no choice.		2,066 votes (23 %)
D. I’ll avoid it unless I can’t find a cheap viable alternative.		1,763 votes (20 %)
E. I’ll never shop there again.		1,310 votes (15 %)
F. I've never shopped there anyway.		2,147 votes (24 %)

                   8,933 votes received.

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