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Manufacturers face barriers in upgrading to designing, branding stages

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TIRANA, Nov. 9 – Weak collaboration with vocational training schools and universities lacking industry-oriented curricula, lack of research and development activities, the need for quality certification, poor links and lack of government support are some the barriers that prevent Albania’s top exporting garment and footwear industry to upgrade to the designing and branding stages from its cut-make-trim production, according to study supported by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Albania. The study unveils that Albania’s textile and footwear industries are not currently ready to upgrade to the mature stages of designing and branding whose skills among Albanian manufacturing firms generally take…

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