Boo-bloody-hoo
BBC Panorama sent one of its crack investigative journalists, Emma Lowther, undercover to infiltrate the Manchester HQ of fast-fashion company Boohoo. As if it weren't obvious from the fast-fashion
label, Boohoo retails cheap clothing targeted primarily at young women. So, as fashion trends rapidly change, swift turnaround and cost consciousness are paramount.
The company's business practices, at least as retold by the Panorama team, appear unethical to say the least, with tales of undercutting suppliers even against agreed contracts, as well as other skeevy practices. This is despite having in the past pledged to do better after being caught out before.
Boohoo ballsily claimed it had absorbed significant cost inflation over the past year, in order to maintain affordable prices for customers
. Throwaway fashion is a luxury, not a human right; if customers can't afford it, so freakin' what? They'll survive.
After 10 weeks of working at Boohoo, Lowther was called into a meeting and told she had made mistakes which had cost the company money. The reporter was sacked.
Panorama team, BBC News
Her report's a nice fuck you
after being given the push. I bet many others wish they had a similar opportunity to skewer shitty management.