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The Coronavirus: Zara Praised For COVID-19 Response But Factory Workers Were Sacked For Asking For Face Masks
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A woman works at the Zara factory at the headquarters of Inditex group in Arteixo, northern Spain 29 March 2006. Spain's Inditex, owner of the Zara fashion chain, [said on Wednesday it
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Andrew Clark on Twitter: "Visiting a Zara factory in Spain. I am completely surrounded by beige coats. http://t.co/cUtHiAyswc" / Twitter
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A woman works at the Zara factory at the headquarters of Inditex group in Arteixo, northern Spain, July 15, 2011. Amancio Ortego, Spain's richest man and founder of clothing label Zara, stepped
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Zara, Nike textile supplier plans new factories in Turkey's Kurdish southeast - News : industrie (#812623)
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A woman works at the Zara factory at the headquarters of Inditex group in Arteixo, northern Spain March 29, 2006. Spain's Inditex, owner of the Zara fashion chain, said it would pay
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