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As far as food and clothing are concerned: a. there are still plenty of items within these categories that are still made in the west and thus subject to decent labor laws and b. there are increasingly larger numbers of products available that are obtained via "fair trade" whereby independent producers get paid a decent rate for their wears.
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And that is of course assuming:
a) that the infrastructure used to produce those western-produced goods is produced in acceptable labor conditions too. What good is not buying clothes from a sweatshop if you buy goods from someone who buys clothes from a sweatshop? At the end your money goes to the sweatshop.
b) that a boycott against sweatshops will effectively raise wages and improve labor conditions of the affected workers. One could imagine that if the boycott's successful, production will diminish and workers will be laid off, letting them with a worse alternative than the one thye had chosen (work in the sweatshop).