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Retail

Booting up

Shoe-maker RM Williams is a big Australian exporter. Now it wants to bring its production back home.

  • Issue #154
  • 6 min read
CEO Paul Grosmann sitting on wooden bench in retail store surrounded by leather goods, hats and shoe boxes
Fashion

Close quarters

Globally renowned fashion brands needn’t have an unwieldy supply chain. Source materials nearby, get the design right and pursue your passion, and customers will come to you.

  • Issue #141
  • 10 min read
Leatherworking tools including scissors, awls, and cutting implements arranged on a wooden work surface
Design

Welcome home

From fashion to toys, outsourced production lines are closing as companies rediscover local industries. This shift brings benefits to individual companies and suggests that not every western nation must be a service economy.

  • Issue #17
  • 14 min read
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