Fashion retailer Boohoo put ‘Made in the UK’ labels on clothes made in Pakistan

Fashion retailer Boohoo has been found to put ‘Made in the UK’ labels on clothes made in Pakistan and other South Asian countries!

An investigative report by BBC Panorama has revealed that the retailer admitted to the mislabeling – but called it an ‘isolated incident.’

A BBC investigation found that the Booho company removed the original labels on T-shirts and hoodies at the retailer’s controversial factory at Thurmaston Lane in Leicester between January and October last year.

The fast fashion firm is considering closing its factory in Leicester, the report added.

As per the investigative report, the move by the fast fashion firm could have affected hundreds of thousands of garments shipped from Pakistan and other countries in South Asia.

Undercover BBC Panorama reporter Emma Lowther spent 10 weeks at the fashion retailer’s headquarters in Manchester.

She discovered one staff member openly said they were lying to bag cheaper deals by going ‘in low’ during negotiations with suppliers and telling them they could get it cheaper elsewhere.

One senior manager struck an ‘extraordinary deal’ to get midi dresses made for £1.80 in Pakistan leaving another employee baffled, the report added.

Since 2017 several reports have been filed by Channel 4, BBC and the Guardian on specific problems in the chain’s Leicester factories.

An undercover reporter for The Times, last year, made a series of disturbing claims about conditions at the company’s warehouse in Burnley, with staff made to work in temperatures of up to 32C over 12-hour shifts where they are expected to collect 130 items an hour.

The report also claimed its employees also made allegations of racism and sexual harassment.