A government investigation into factories manufacturing Zara clothes revealed that it cost Inditex (the company that owns Zara) about $1.14 to manufacturers a pair of jeans selling at $126. This $1.14 doesn’t go straight to the work who makes the clothes, but is divided among the parties involved in the entire production process. Although the minimum wage in Brazil is $344, these factory workers only earned between $156 and $290 a month. Renato Bignami, who ied the investigation, said: “They work 16 or even 18 hours a day. It is extremely exhausting work, from Monday to Saturday, sometimes even Sunday depending on demand.”