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Founded in 1969, Primark is a joint venture of the British Food Company; it sells women's wear, underwear, children's wear, men's wear, footwear, accessories and home textiles; operates around 160 low-cost department stores across the UK with a target consumer base of consumers who are under 35 years old and sensitive to fashion; the company has recently acquired a number of Littlewoods high-end chain stores with 120 stores to expand its business.
Primark British fashion brand is known as one of the UK's most profitable fashion brands; it has branches in Ireland, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Germany, Spain and Portugal. The company's production plant is in Asia.
Primark currently has about 100 stores in the UK and has surpassed M&S Marks & Spencer to become the UK's largest fashion retailer.
Primark's owner, Associated British Foods, has a pre-tax profit that exceeded expectations by 4% to 655 million pounds, driven by the development of a budget fashion chain and strong sugar sales.
The process of primark audit is almost the same as that of others. The whole audit process is as follows:
Initial Audit
Initial contact with the factory requires a more detailed explanation of the full audit at the first meeting. The factory for more than 100 workers requires two auditors.
First follow-up and the second audit
For the first follow-up and the second audit of the factory, only the last major violations will be reviewed. It is necessary to interview the workers. Depending on the last violation, only one auditor is required, but it must be the one of the personnel audited last time.
The second follow-up audit (Second Follow-up)
The third audit only reviews the last major violation. It is necessary to interview the worker. Depending on the last violation, only one auditor is required. The auditor is one of the people involved in the initial audit, but he/she must contact the audit involved in the followup audit for detailed information. The follow-up audit report must be completed after the audit. The report is at least as follows:
Previous audit reports support previously violated file CAPAR (Improvement Report) Worker interview records (if needed): verify that workers participating in the last interview are still in the factory support profile include. Evidence of violations to determine whether the last violation improved or not improved. The conclusion of the new violations - explain why in the previous review did not find in order to ensure the consistency of the review, it is recommended to follow the audit of the first review.
