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Snarled Supply Chains Force Manufacturing Exodus to Balkans, Latin America

Major clothing and shoe companies are moving production to countries closer to their US and European stores.
Major clothing and shoe companies are moving production to the Balkans and Latin America. Getty Images.
Major clothing and shoe companies are moving production to the Balkans and Latin America. Getty Images.
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Major clothing and shoe companies are moving production to countries closer to their US and European stores, smarting from a resurgence in cases of the Delta variant of the coronavirus in Vietnam and China that slowed or shut down production for several weeks earlier this year.

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