Globalisation: Is there a fashion victim?

Introduction
Globalisation is the process which allows companies such as Primark to operate all over the world typically placing factories in less developed countries such as

Bangladesh or founding new small headquarters to enable faster unit requirements

which in turn also enables a regional control over a certain area of factories. Once the products are made for a minute cost they are them shipped over to highly developed countries such as America where they are then sold to the public for a higher price. Many companies take part in globalisation and this is seen by the immense amount of global advertisement such as Gap, Primark, Next and many more. There have been many changes in the world which have greatly encouraged globalisation, here they are: Transport Revolution- In the modern world we are now able to transport vast amounts of products and raw materials overseas worldwide using large container ships for a reasonably low cost, this has greatly increased the speed of production for companies such as Gap who obtain cotton from India and Zip parts from Japan, this then speeds up the whole system which means the companies gain their stock quicker. Communication Revolution- Since the beginning of the century technology has greatly evolved allowing companies in collaboration with other factories or shipping groups to communicate via telephone which greatly speeds up the process of ordering. It has also helped with companies who have chains across the world but need to have a meeting so rather than having to fly all to one destination they can communicate via webcam on a laptop/computer etc. Advertising Revolution- Advertising has always played a large role in all companies because it is their main form of showing the public their products. These days many forms of advertising are available for companies to choose from such as billboards, TV advertising in between programs, signs in trains and much more. This helps them show their products worldwide without wasting much money. LEDCs (LessEconomicallyDevelopedCountries) have always been a victim of globalisation since its first occurrence mainly because these countries are much more desperate for work jobs as they have poor education standards which in turn greatly limits their type of job which then forces them to work for these companies. Other

reasons for companies allocating factories in them is because they are able to supply astronomically low wages compared to ours yet still Get away with it since the people have no other choice but to work in these factories which gives the company a larger profit. They are also exploited because of their working hours as they are on average 10-12hours of non-stop work which is a real struggle for the people working there. Since their wages are phenomenally low they can never support the workers whole family which greatly reduces their lives as diseases easily pass and help cannot be afforded. MEDCs (MoreEconomicallyDevelopedCountries) have not been known to be exploited as much as LEDCs but although the governments normally have large amounts of money the people have no jobs because all the companies are thinking about nowadays is profit and money. This happens because companies are always on the surge for the cheapest workforce possible therefore designating there factories to LEDCs but moving them away from MEDCs. Another way