RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE CAUSES MAJOR DISRUPTION TO CLOTHING SUPPLY CHAINS IN RUSSIA
March 24th, 2022
The Russian clothing retail and manufacturing industry is suffering because of sanctions imposed because of its government’s invasion of Ukraine, but the sector’s close links to Asia and Turkey are likely to reduce the impact.
With the war continuing, Russian bombers today (March 17) bombed a theatre in Ukraine’s port city of Mariupol, Svetlana Melnichenko, president of the Saint Petersburg-based Chamber of Textile and Fashion, noted that Russians were not in the mood to buy new clothes: “It’s spring. It’s time for a usual wardrobe update. But ...
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