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Its primary sales come a range of products including clothing and fashion accessories. Although in the 1980s Topshop was considered to be deeply unfashionable, the chain has reinvented itself as a fashionable brandhttp://www.insideretailing.com.au/articles-page.aspx?articleType=ArticleView&articleId=651. This reinvention has included the introduction of a 'Unique' line of clothes, a more upmarket selection of fashion, and a regular show at London Fashion Week, the only high street brand to do so. The store has offered a number of celebrity and designer collections, including by . Topshop's flagship store is located in Oxford Street , London . Other flagship stores are located in Nottingham - Victoria, Manchester - Arndale, Glasgow - Argyle Street and Cardiff Queen Street. Topshop is owned by the Arcadia Group , which owns a number of other retail outlets including Burton, Dorothy Perkins, Miss Selfridge, Evans, Wallis and Outfit. Several branches of Topshop can be found outside the United Kingdom , most notably in the Republic Of Ireland , Gibraltar , Japan , Malaysia , Indonesia , Singapore and the Philippines . The chain also includes stores in Iceland , Sweden , Spain , Croatia , Slovenia , Russia , Austria , Turkey and the United Arab Emirates . Its male-clothing counterpart, Topman , is a standalone business. After the recent success of the Kate Moss clothing range, Topshop has decided to introduce the range to the US market. Topshop has struck a deal with US department store Barneys to sell through its 19 stores.http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=3104629 CRITICISM Topshop have recently been criticized in The Sunday Times for the exploitation of Indian, Sri Lankan and Bangladeshi employs in the factories which manufacture Topshop clothing in Mauritius. The article states that prospective workers are sought out by agents on the Indian subcontinent with the promise that they will receive five-times their current wages. According to the article, the reality is very different with workers reported to receive between £0.22 and £0.40 per hour for their labours, about 40% of the Mauritian average wage. Some people have expressed that the workers were fully aware of the conditions and pay at the time of recruitment. The Arcadia Group, which owns Topshop, does not directly own the factories that employs the workers and maintains that the premises and working conditions are regularly monitored by the company and were reported to be "In excellent shape," by the Arcadia Group CEO, Sir Philip Green. Mr. Green went onto state: "You Sunday Times are telling me that factories are happy to breach our code of conduct. I’ve got to look into it." Which suggests that if the findings are conclusive, the company will be looking to improve conditions. REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS |
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