An employment system for girls in Tamil Nadu is threatening to waylay the country's $11-billion garment export industry, with several international retailers distancing themselves from supply chains that involve the allegedly exploitative scheme...[M]ultinational retailers, such as GAP, Walmart, C&A, H&M, Primark [part of Associated British Food], Mothercare and Tesco, have instructed their Indian suppliers to stop sourcing raw material from textile mills that employ girls under 'Sumangali', a contractual arrangement that labour watchdogs say involves unfair practices and amounts to bonded labour. [also refers to TUV Rheinland, Shiva Textiles]