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Would you buy cheap, child-sweatshop-made clothes?

29 July 2012

There are often questions about the use of child labour to make cheap fashion clothes. If proved, would this affect the way you balance your pocket versus the way goods are manufactured? If it was CONFIRMED a (hypothetical) fashion store sold cheap, child-sweatshop-made clothes, which of these best reflects your attitude?

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There are often questions about the use of child labour to make cheap fashion clothes. If proved, would this affect the way you balance your pocket versus the way goods are manufactured?

If it was CONFIRMED a (hypothetical) fashion store sold cheap, child-sweatshop-made clothes, which of these best reflects your attitude?

Results

I source all my clothes from sustainable, fair trade organisations anyway 284 votes (3 %)
I wouldn't care. It's a different culture, so not our business 747 votes (7 %)
I'd avoid it, unless I couldn't find a cheap, viable alternative 3,126 votes (29 %)
I'd never shop there again 3,786 votes (35 %)
If it's cheap & I like it, it wouldn't stop me buying 1,744 votes (16 %)
They're all the same in reality, so there's little choice 1,220 votes (11 %)

                   10,907 votes received.

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