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Coronavirus and Fashion manufacturing Industry in Italy

Reading various articles and the response of readers, I came across valuable information. It explains why the rate of coronavirus is so high in Italy.

I knew a while back that many of those Made in Italy luxury fashion products were made by Chinese migants working there. However, I didn't know how robust the manufacturing was and the numbers behind it.

I'll include here several articles which shed some light:

Italy has been ravaged by the Wuhan Coronavirus, but the reasons why are linked more closely to globalism than the age of the infected.

Coronavirus: The Price of Luxury
Fashion’s “Made in Italy” tag is connected to a Chinese disease.

by Robert Stacy McCain


China is buying up Italy, one company at a time
Member exclusive by Annalisa Merelli



Today I'm updating this page:
I found more information regarding Lombardy and Chinese manufacturing:

The rise of the Chinese regional cluster specializing in fashion in Lombardy : An evolutionary analysis

I found out in Lombardy is the beauty products packaging:

Lombardi Design & Manufacturing

Italy follows China’s lead on coronavirus containment
March 8, 2020 - Jenny Anderson By Jenny Anderson, Senior reporter, Editor of How to be Human

The Chinese Workers Who Assemble Designer Bags in Tuscany
Many companies are using inexpensive immigrant labor to manufacture handbags that bear the coveted “Made in Italy” label. By D. T. Max - April 9, 2018
The Chinese residents of Prato have arguably revived the fading manufacturing city, which has the highest proportion of immigrants in Italy.Illustration by Emiliano Ponzi

Chinese Micro-Entrepreneurship in Italy: A Place-Based Explanatory Analysis Info from the book
Chinese Migration to Europe. Prato, Italy, and Beyond. Editors (view affiliations) Loretta BaldassarGraeme JohansonNarelle McAuliffeMassimo Bressan

On 18 Jan 2016 this article was published: Lombardi and Shanghai’s Zonten sign distribution agreement By Staff writer Industry Updates

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