Clothing Brands Sidestep Blame For Safety Lapses

Clothing Brands Sidestep Blame For Safety Lapses
Workers deliver boxes of new stock to a Mango fashion store as trading resumes after days of anti-government rioting in Istanbul, Turkey, on Tuesday, June 4, 2013. Turkey's anti-government protests that sent the lira to a 17-month low and stocks to the biggest slump in a decade have left holders of longer-dated government bonds showing little sign of panic. Photographer: Kerem Uzel/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Workers deliver boxes of new stock to a Mango fashion store as trading resumes after days of anti-government rioting in Istanbul, Turkey, on Tuesday, June 4, 2013. Turkey's anti-government protests that sent the lira to a 17-month low and stocks to the biggest slump in a decade have left holders of longer-dated government bonds showing little sign of panic. Photographer: Kerem Uzel/Bloomberg via Getty Images

From a sleek gray distribution center near Barcelona, the global fashion brand Mango ships 60 million garments in a year. Automated conveyor belts whir through the building like subway lines, sorting and organizing blouses, sweaters and other items to be shipped around the world. Human hands barely touch the clothes.

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