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Micro-factories - The future of fashion manufacturing?
2020-01-27 13:38:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
The globalisation of fashion supply chains has seen fashion manufacturers in developed high wage countries lose business to larger scale suppliers in lower cost countries. But the trend towards digitisation and mass customisation means micro-factories close to customers will be a key component in the future of fashion manufacturing, according to Roit Kathiala - with benefits including speed-to-market, flexibility and a lower carbon footprint.
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Category:Consumer Goods and Services