Price range for a pair of jeans: $59.50 to $98

The process: The Limited, Inc. buys from sweatshops around the world, including many similar to the one seen in CHINA BLUE. In one Chinese factory, workers produced jeans for the Limited-owned brand Structure, living in cramped dorm rooms and working up to 70 hours a week.

The spin: “Limited Brands holds its employees, suppliers and vendors strictly accountable for compliance with all applicable laws and our own business policies, including those relating to labor standards.”—A statement from the Limited, Inc. after it was accused of numerous labor violations at a Mexican plant creating Express jeans

The record: In 2003, the company settled in a lawsuit which accused it and other multinational brands of forcing thousands of garment workers in Saipan to work more than 12-hour days, seven days a week, in a “racketeering conspiracy” that required workers to sign contracts waiving their rights. By settling, the Limited, Inc. admitted no wrongdoing in the case.

Did you know? The Limited, Inc. is one of the largest corporate apparel retailers in the U.S., owning brands including the Limited, Express, Bath and Body Works, Victoria’s Secret, Structure, Lane Bryant and Abercrombie & Fitch.

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