The footage shows the couple wearing the same clothes they were photographed in during a March 27 visit to Shanghai.

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Mr Phiri earns below the minimum wage and the couple often don't have enough money to buy clothes.

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In any case, I was allowed to visit a coffee shop a couple of blocks away while my siblings were still trying on clothes.

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After the Atlanta couple got married, she found herself buying him bigger and bigger clothes.

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But when it comes to making sure that their clothes are made in factories that are safe for workers, the couple fall short.

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The reason is there had been a leak to Sky News of a couple of the figures, which showed that - as expected - sales of clothes and general merchandise have been poor in the last three months of the year, which includes the important Christmas period.

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We also ate out a couple times a week, got new cars every few years and pretty much bought whatever clothes we wanted, when we wanted.

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And the weak economy is hurting clothes retailers in America, which may not be such an attractive export market for the next couple of years.

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