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Young people will prefer leather alternatives - WGSN

29/09/2017
Young people will prefer leather alternatives - WGSN

Footwear brands that want to succeed will have to find alternatives to leather as younger people turn their back on the material for “sustainability” reasons, according to trend forecaster WGSN.  “Millennials are all about less is more, and as the generations get younger that will be more extreme,” Maria Errobidarte, trend consultant at WGSN,...

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