Many major luxury goods firms have long made place a key part of their identity, and a visit to a traditional silk-weaving centre in Vietnam shows that the approach could work for small firms too.
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Professor, Head of Sustainable Consumption and Clothing Sustainability research groups, Nottingham Trent University
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Lecturer in Human Geography, Royal Holloway
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Associate professor, Grenoble École de Management (GEM)
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Research Associate: Marine Pollution / Ecotoxicology / Microplastics, University of Glasgow
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Lecturer in Art History , University of Sydney
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PhD Candidate, Newcastle University
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Postdoctoral researcher (ORCILAB project, ANR-17-CE10-0013-01), Grenoble École de Management (GEM)
