Assessed Sweatshop Geography Task
In today’s modern society, fashion is as big as ever, but what exactly is fashion? And at what price are we willing to pay to get the latest craze on the high-street? Well don't worry because we've sent some of our top journalists around the globe to experience an adventure and report straight back to you. We'll find out exactly how far big companies are willing to go to get the clothes the customer wants.
Here are some questions sent in by you readers at home about the research poll in issue 193. We couldn't print every question so here is the top most popular pieces-
What is fashion?
Fashion is a pattern or trend which is popular for a small period of time. It'll eventually go out of fashion when a new model or update is released. Manufactures create the product which is then advertised to make it seems desirable/ so people want to buy the product.
Who creates the product?
People who create these products tend to be from less developed countries such; this is because the TNCs( Trans-National Corporations) can get a cheap labour force in these countries than in places such as the Uk or USA. These people in the workforce are being exploited. Exploitation means to use something or someone to gain profit. The law in the workplace is a lot more open in these LEDC's(Less Economically Developed Countries)for example many of these countries don't have a minium wage, meaning they gain more profit for themselves, and many of the workers are brought into the workforce illegally meaning they are tied down to serve the needs and demands from the TNCs and can't gain rights or set up trade unions.
What is a TNC? TransNational Corporations (TNCs) are enterprises that control economic assets(assets are any item of financial value own by a individual, or in this case a corporation.) in other countries. Examples of TNC in the fashion industry are Living Dead Souls, Flipflops and Fangs,
What is globalisation?
Globalisation is a process
Here are some questions sent in by you readers at home about the research poll in issue 193. We couldn't print every question so here is the top most popular pieces-
What is fashion?
Fashion is a pattern or trend which is popular for a small period of time. It'll eventually go out of fashion when a new model or update is released. Manufactures create the product which is then advertised to make it seems desirable/ so people want to buy the product.
Who creates the product?
People who create these products tend to be from less developed countries such; this is because the TNCs( Trans-National Corporations) can get a cheap labour force in these countries than in places such as the Uk or USA. These people in the workforce are being exploited. Exploitation means to use something or someone to gain profit. The law in the workplace is a lot more open in these LEDC's(Less Economically Developed Countries)for example many of these countries don't have a minium wage, meaning they gain more profit for themselves, and many of the workers are brought into the workforce illegally meaning they are tied down to serve the needs and demands from the TNCs and can't gain rights or set up trade unions.
What is a TNC? TransNational Corporations (TNCs) are enterprises that control economic assets(assets are any item of financial value own by a individual, or in this case a corporation.) in other countries. Examples of TNC in the fashion industry are Living Dead Souls, Flipflops and Fangs,
What is globalisation?
Globalisation is a process