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By Alex Lennane
As manufacturing moves to countries now cheaper than China, it is possible that more disasters in poorly regulated factories will happen. This terrible tragedy is one more reminder – if the world needed one – that retailers and manufacturers need to ensure proper working conditions at their suppliers’ factories. Pakistan’s regulations – or lack of them – is also to blame, but anyone involved in sourcing should take note, and now.
