DHAKA (Reuters) - British clothes retailer Primark and Canadian grocer Loblaw laid out plans on Thursday to pay more compensation for the collapse of a Bangladeshi factory that killed almost 1,130 people, as protesters demanded other brands follow suit.
The disaster on April 24 has galvanised most of the clothing industry's big names to try to improve safety standards but they have failed to agree on a compensation fund for victims despite months of wrangling.
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