For the past thirty years, the world has enjoyed a period of relative prosperity and growth as politicians have sought to remove barriers to international trade and manufacturers have ventured further afield in search of increased efficiency and better margins. But the COVID-19 pandemic exposed the vulnerabilities of an interconnected global economy, with successive lockdowns leading to supply chain bottlenecks and contributing to a drop in global trade.
Supply chain
As global attention shifts to sustainability, fashion retailers around the world are working to reduce their impact on the environment.
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