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Monitoring supplier workforces via mobile phone
2013-07-15 01:35:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
The use of mobile phones to monitor labour abuses in apparel-making countries is emerging as an accelerating trend this year, as apparel brands and retailers come under increasing pressure to be more accountable for their supplier base. Petah Marian looks at two programmes being used by Marks & Spencer and Wal-Mart.
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