The sewing machines in this Italian town are working overtime to feed the world's appetite for luxury handbags
SCANDICCI, Italy—This district of drab industrial buildings outside Florence is getting crowded as high-end fashion houses jostle for an edge in one of the industry’s most important products: the expensive leather handbag.
Luxury giants from Prada to Burberry are snapping up workshops, expanding their own factories and building new ones around Scandicci, the hub of Italian leather-goods production, where artisans churn out Made-in-Italy handbags, wallets, shoes and other accessories for shoppers from New York to Beijing....
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