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Fashion crisis in Tuscany: Supply chain workers to strike on July 9 in Florence

Production workers in Tuscany, Italy, are preparing to go on strike on July 9 as calls for a restructuring of the supply chain landscape escalate. According to figures provided by local trade unions, 830 leather goods companies in the province of Florence have closed since 2019, affecting 7,000 employees who were partially reabsorbed by other...

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A level playing field for fashion brands – but at what cost to the market?

While the U.S. government's expanded tariff regime aims to create a more level playing field for fashion brands by covering virtually all major apparel-exporting nations, the industry is grappling with a crucial question: at what cost to the market will this "fairness" be achieved? This article will analyze the potential benefits of a more...

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Podcast: Factory made and fabulous? Fashion's re-shoring opportunity

What is already possible locally? What workshops and production facilities are there, which craftspeople are available, and what capacity is there for research and development? People often talk about what is wrong in the fashion industry, but not as often about what is good and beautiful. For example, you can find more locally than you think....

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Secrid CEO René van Geer: “Producing in your own country will become the most normal thing in the world in ten years’ time”

Reshoring is currently the ultimate trend. The Dutch brand Secrid, inventor of the Cardprotector, is an expert in that field. ‘We have had almost all the parts produced in the Netherlands right from the very start”, says co-founder René van Geer. He predicts that producing in your own country will become the most normal thing in the world during...