Can Artificial Intelligence Drive More Ethical Retail?

A few years ago Samantha Zirkin and her husband took their two young children and travelled around the world, volunteering at orphanages, schools, and homes for abandoned or abused children. "I saw many children with the same sad story: dad gone, mother dead or dying after working under appalling conditions in a garment factory, no sanitation, no medical care," she recounts. "Some children had been so malnourished they could not stand on their own two legs. I decided to delve into the retail world to learn about the supply chain and workers' rights. And I wanted to know if people would pay $70 instead of $50 for an item they knew had been produced under fair conditions."