Boohoo Accused of Mislabelling Clothes as Made in UK

Quick style retailer Boohoo has positioned  “Made in UK” labels on doubtlessly 1000’s of its fashionable t-shirts, trousers and jackets which have been produced in Pakistan and different international locations in South Asia, the BBC reported.

The mislabelling occurred at Boohoo’s flagship Thurmaston Lane manufacturing facility in Leicester, England final 12 months, the place employees eliminated unique labels affecting one in each 250 clothes.

A spokesperson for the retailer stated the mislabelling was a results of human error and “an remoted incident which impacted lower than 1 % of the group’s world clothes consumption.”

The information comes on the heels of Boohoo contemplating the closure of its Leicester manufacturing facility, which opened to nice fanfare two years in the past. The manufacturing facility’s intention was to function a mannequin for the retailer’s dedication to treating garment employees pretty.

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