1. Retailer Gap is building up its goodwill, which is likely to help its revenue in the long run.
2. It has pledged to do more to eradicate child labour after it emerged one of its Indian suppliers had been employing children as young as 10.
3. It will donate $200,000 to improve factory conditions in India as well as tighten up its own procedures.
4. It withdrew an order from sale after it was sub-contracted to a firm, which used children to embroider the product. The children involved will be paid until they reach working age, and then offered jobs.
5. It has suspended half its orders from its original contractor and put the firm on "probation" for the next six months.
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