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Inside Turkey’s Powerful Fashion Factories

Turkish manufacturers like Kipas are harnessing vertical integration, innovation and speed-to-market to help Asos and other brands ‘nearshore’ their supply chains and diversify away from China.
Halit Gumuser, chief executive of Turkish manufacturer Kipas Textiles, a supplier to online fashion giant Asos and high-street brands with a large footprint in Europe.
Halit Gumuser, chief executive of Turkish manufacturer Kipas Textiles, a supplier to online fashion giant Asos and high-street brands with a large footprint in Europe. (Kipas)
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Halit Gumuser is prone to speaking plainly and directly. “Challenging the innovation and [production] capacity of China is difficult,” concedes the chief executive of Turkish manufacturer Kipas Textiles, a supplier to online fashion giants like

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