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Shein's Rival in Exploitation: Boohoo | Corporate Casket

iilluminaughtii

Blair Zoń

Documentary, Education, Business, Society & Culture

4.4961 Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2022

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Go to http://mintmobile.com/casper to cut your wireless bill to $15 a month. Welcome to the Corporate Casket, a semiweekly series where bad businesses go to die. We will discuss any and everything from bad charities, terrible CEOs, and businesses that have a lot to hide. It’s time for a fast takedown on another fast fashion company. Boohoo has become a competitive and notorious rival to Shein in the world of fast fashion and in scandals. They claim to be making a push for sustainability, but their 100% sale, and over 400,000 styles a year seem to beg a differ. As for the people that make all of their inventory, well, let's just say the company’s labor practice leaves something to be desired. But hey, Kourtney Kardashian says she is here to save the day! That always works out great, doesn’t it? Connect with me: https://linktr.ee/iilluminaughtii Sources: https://justpaste.it/ccmv5 Writers/Researchers/Helpers: Jess Hubbert This episode was edited and mixed by: @GThomasCraig Album cover art created by: Betsy Primes Intro Song Credits: Last to Fall- Will Van De Crommert Outro Song Credits: Sacred and Profane- Nicholas Rowe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:16.0

Get gram-worthy style with the latest influencer collections to land on boo-hoo with clothes for the everyday and an extraordinary day hand picked by your Fave influencers.

0:19.0

Now that's the opening line of Boohoo's Influencer collection, a classification they chose for the items

0:25.0

that were specifically chosen by influencers who support and work for the brand.

0:30.0

Like so many other fast fashion companies, Buhu relies on their social media stars to spread the

0:35.1

word about them and sell their products to the masses.

0:38.7

In one year alone, the company spent about 80 million euros on its influencer marketing campaign and it shows.

0:46.1

It seems everywhere you turn from Instagram to Snapchat to Tik-Toc you can't escape beautiful women,

0:51.8

often of all shapes and sizes, excitedly opening their boxes

0:55.2

from their favorite company.

0:57.2

Smiling ear to ear, they show off their new goodies, ensuring you that the clothes, shoes,

1:02.0

jewelry, and basically everything you could ever dream of. ensuring you'll

1:03.7

that the clothes, shoes, jewelry, and basically everything you could ever dream of

1:05.2

were just the cutest things you'll ever see and came from a company with a stellar

1:09.2

reputation. At first glance, this all seems wonderful, but when you look a little closer you realize something.

1:17.0

This sudden blitz of influencer marketing on all of the most used social media platforms is designed to distract you from what is truly

1:24.9

going on behind the scenes. After shocking revelations of Boohu's horrific treatment

1:30.3

of their employees came to light showing the world just how little the company took care of their employees came to light, showing the world just how little the company took care

1:34.4

of their employees' safety or their financial well-being,

1:37.4

many influencers began to jump ship.

1:40.2

But the company was smart.

1:42.0

They assured their people that they were working to fix the issues,

1:45.8

and they relied on the dwindling income from cash-strapped brands to convince their

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