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The Year Ahead: Keep Your Suppliers Close

To mitigate future ruptures, fashion players must move away from transactional relationships with suppliers in favour of deeper partnerships that bring greater agility and accountability.
The Sin Rejac ribbon factory produces ribbons for Hermès, Dior, Chanel, Cartier, Prada, Louis Vuitton, Bentley and Ferrari.
The Sin Rejac ribbon factory produces ribbons for Hermès, Dior, Chanel, Cartier, Prada, Louis Vuitton, Bentley and Ferrari. Getty Images. (DENIS CHARLET)

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