It's almost upon us. It feels like it comes around earlier every year, but in two days,

it's Black Friday. The country will collectively spend the day scrolling for bargains online

in the run-up to Christmas. For many of us, that's what shopping is like now, an entirely

online experience. One click and whatever you want will be delivered to your door the

next day. One of the online retail giants we might turn to this festive season is Buhu,

one of the biggest fast fashion brands in the UK. Its popularity has rocketed thanks to

huge, constantly changing catalogs and their use of the marketing power of influences.

I think it looks great. But the brand has been rocked by scandal.

The multi-million pound online fashion retailer Buhu is facing the possibility of a US import

ban alongside many of its suppliers following widespread allegations over the use of slave

labour. Campaign Group Labor behind the label also said it had reports of workers forced

to come in while sick with Covid-19 and factories operating illegally through lockdown.

When the scandal broke, Buhu insisted that these employees weren't directly hired by them,

casting the blame on their suppliers instead. Even so, they promised to address concerns.

Now, a couple of years later, what is it like in one of their warehouses? One of our

reporters has gone undercover to find out what it takes to meet the company's demands.

There were certainly cases where things got so severe that they needed to be seen professionally

by paramedics.

You're listening to stories of our times from the Times and the Sunday Times. I'm Manvin

Rana. Today, undercover at Buhu, the human cost of fast fashion.

I've been up in Burnley for about a month working at Buhu's warehouse and I had a load

of recording equipment that I'd been using whilst I was working undercover there.

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