Research
February 20, 2020
Nadia Portioli is financial analyst at Mediobanca. Image courtesy of Mediobanca
By Dianna Dilworth
The Italian fashion industry earned $77.4 billion in aggregate sales in 2018, contributing to 1.2 percent of the country’s GDP as growth holds steady, never falling below 3.4 percent, despite a slowdown in growth in recent years.
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