Matthijs Crietee / Secretary-General / International Apparel Federation

Reducing risk is rarely a sufficient factor to explain bringing production closer to home. Even reduction of transport times is in itself not a sufficient factor. Speed has no value in itself, but when it is part of model that uses speed and flexibility to connect production to the actual consumer demand — reducing costs of inventory and mark-downs and preventing lost sales, then production closer to European, the US and Asian markets start to make economic sense.
Matthijs Crietee