Fashion businesses are shifting production away from low-cost manufacturing hubs in Asia, and toward their markets in the United States and Europe. This follows a spike in pandemic outbreaks of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus’s Delta variant in Vietnam and China earlier this year, according to Reuters. Spanish apparel retailer Mango told Reuters that it has “accelerated” enhancing local production in Turkey, Morocco, and Portugal. In 2019, the company primarily sourced its products from China and Vietnam. U.S. shoe retailer Steve Madden said that it had reduced production in Vietnam, and relocated 50 percent of its footwear production from China to Brazil and Mexico. Vietnam’s recent production stoppages have caused significant disruptions due to the effects of pandemic restrictions and a labor shortage. In October, the government announced that it would fall short of its garment export target this year by $5 billion in the worst-case scenario. Italy’s Benetton …