Third-party or in-house? Is keeping a foot in both camps the right solution, or an unforgivable mistake? Questions that have been circulating for years in Italy’s footwear districts and with an answer that is never unambiguous. “It’s difficult to identify which way to go, where to channel investments”, says Andrea Barbato, head of the Barbato…
Third-party or in-house? The dilemma of footwear factory Barbato







