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A decade after the Rana Plaza garment factory disaster, New Zealanders still rely on fast fashion

  • Written by: Mike Lee, Associate Professor of Marketing, University of Auckland
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Ten years to the day after the collapse of the Rana Plaza garment factory in Bangladesh, a disaster that killed more than 1,100 workers and injured another 2,500, the global addiction to cheap clothing remains strong.

In New Zealand, fast fashion has gone from strength to strength, fuelled by the ongoing cost of living crisis, low...

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