Controversial Leicester firm supplying boohoo again – reports

A Leicester clothing manufacturer is again supplying fast-fashion retailer boohoo despite being previously cast aside by the firm after a modern slavery scandal in 2021.

Boohoo is reportedly buying clothes from a company called GN Euro, which it “disengaged” four years ago.

GN Euro, based in Leicester, has set up a site in Morocco under a new name, according to The Telegraph, and is supplying boohoo from a Tangier factory using the company name Euro Touch.

Boohoo faced an independent review in 2021 following claims of workers being paid less than the minimum wage.

A spokesperson for the firm said: “Boohoo is open and transparent about its entire supply base, with all our suppliers listed and regularly updated on the company’s website. We do not work with suppliers which cannot adhere to our highest standards.

“We only on-board a supplier or factory that goes through our strict onboarding process and due diligence checks, no exceptions. Every supplier signs our code of conduct, has a valid third-party social compliance audit and is visited regularly by our ethical teams on the ground for an audit.”

Meanwhile, on Friday (November 15), Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group upped its stake in boohoo amid a tense stand-off between the two firms ahead of a crucial meeting next month.

Frasers is boohoo’s largest shareholder and hoovered up a further stake on Friday to take its holdings to 28.01%.