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Ahead of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, Oxfam releases report on Australian fashion brands – ABC News
A new report into the manufacturing practices of major Australian fashion brands finds factory owners in Bangladesh are seeing wages drop and expenses increase.
Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales are still relatively new phenomena in Australia, but their popularity already has them rivalling some of the biggest retail events of the year.
Key points:
- Oxfam has released a report on the manufacturing practices of Australian fashion brands
- Kmart, Myer, Cotton On are among those investigated, with Mosaic Brands the worst performer
- Advocates say marketing events like Black Friday are “part of the worker exploitation problem”
The sale days follow the Thursday…
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