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Raconteur:
Can and should manufacturing be brought home?

20 May 2019

Dr Swati Dhingra, assistant professor at the London School of Economics, specialising in globalisation and industrial policy, says there's not enough trained staff to power it. "Compared to other creative or tech-based industries, fashion manufacturing employs more people who are heterogenous, by gender, income and skillset, but there are capacity constraints," she says. [subscription]