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International Business Times
International Business Times
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Ornella LAMBERTI

Primark Boss Defends Practices As Budget Fashion Brand Eyes Expansion

Chief executive Paul Marchant rejects ethical concerns about its manufacturing and supply chain (Credit: AFP)

Ireland-based budget fashion chain Primark has been criticised for its record on workers' rights and the effect of its low-cost, high-volume model on the environment.

But its chief executive Paul Marchant does not agree. "I don't buy the story that we can't be ethical buying from Asia," he told AFP in an interview in Dublin.

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