John Lyttle

The review found that some workers had not always been properly compensated for their work and that many were not fully aware of their rights.

The Manchester Based Group, which also owns Nasty Gal and prettylittlething, paid £5 million for the struggling British apparel companies.

The online fast-fashion retailer is successfully tapping into a generation of younger consumers, upgrading its forecasts after a strong end to 2019.

The group, which targets 16-30-year-olds with its Boohoo, Nasty Gal and PrettyLittleThing brands, beat market expectations with a pre-tax profit of £76.3 million ($99 million).

John Lyttle, currently chief operating officer of Primark, will join Boohoo in March, having been offered a payout of as much as £50 million to spur growth.