AMFI - International Fashion & Management - The changing face of China’s production lines: from a made-in to a create-in

Understanding how changing production environment in China impacts global fashion production and supply chains. Exploring the evolution of China’s production climate over the last decade and its direction going forward. The effects of a tightening labour market, rising cost prices and the push for a stronger domestic market structure. Ethics are becoming a key focus area in the fashion industry: a growing concern among consumers and a new challenge for companies pushed to adapt to new consumer and legislative demands. This lecture analyzes the social and environmental issues faced by the industry in China while sourcing, designing, manufacturing and retailing fashion products and the impact of these decisions on other Asian countries. The role of foreign buyers and the effect on the production environment in China and visa versa.

Eva de Laat

4/2/2014 12:30:00 PM