From Bangladesh to Australia: How the fast fashion supply chain works | SBS Dateline | Full episode
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About this episode
Following the news that Australian fashion retail group Mosaic Brands entered into voluntary administration in November 2024, we bring you Dateline's 2021 investigation into the fast fashion industry, which features an investigation into Mosaic Brands business practises.
This film is from Dateline's 2021 season.
00:53 Inside Vinnies charity distribution centre 2:16 Excess stock in warehouse 4:40 Retailers struggle with excess stock 6:15 Garment workers in Bangladesh 8:52 $3.7bn worth of orders cancelled 10:00 Who are the suppliers? 12:00 Progress in the supply chain 14:30 Inside a supplier for Mosaic Brands 17:40 Does Mosaic know you? 18:52 Struggling to survive 21:30 Waiting for wages 22:00 Turning to sex work to survive 25:30 'Nobody notices you if you're unemployed' 26:26 Mosaic Brands decline to be interviewed 28:40 'I will keep fighting'
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