I'll make you famous (or Adidas will)

This pre-supposes that everyone is inherently greedy. I think we're socialised to be greedy. Changing our spending habits changes supply, because demand drives supply. Corps only make what they think they can sell. If no one buys unethically produced clothing, where's the incentive to make it?

From memory, Tiswas was quoting Adam Smith's market theory, which remains the standard 'how the market works' textbook (although lots of people have disagreed with it since). The problem is that companies drop their prices until people buy things.

That, and the public memory is short ... so articles about how Primark were caught using illegal immigrants and paying below the minimum wage have little effect on consumers shopping there.

But yes, back to discussion about shoes :)