Closing the site, which develops leather goods and prototypes, would mean laying off 21 employees.
To live up to changing customer demand and market requirements, Hugo Boss Group has recently adjusted its global strategy,” said Hugo Boss in a statement sent to WWD. “In this context, and after a profound internal analysis, the company has decided to reorganize the processes and workflows in its shoes and accessories business. This has in turn resulted in the decision to close the Scandicci site.”minimize the impact for the 21 employees affected as much as possible,” continued the statement.
“To this end, the company is in close exchange with the employees as well as with the relevant trade unions to explore all possible options for the respective employees. The talks are currently continuing. All relevant person involved are regularly updated on proceedings and decisions.” On Wednesday, following the strike, Sonia Paoloni, national secretary of the Filctem Cgil union, said the group’s decision to close the plant is “unacceptable,” given the remarkable expertise and skills of its employees, and would mean to “abandon the most crucial phase in the creation of new products that represent Made in Italy production: prototypes.”
Paoloni contended that Hugo Boss “is leaving the country not to respond to market demands,” but to replace Italian production with “Made in China or Made in Portugal, thus lowering the positioning and de-qualifying the brand. Maximizing its profits [to the detriment] of those skills that over the years have created the added value” of Hugo Boss products.
She concluded by expressing her concern that this may lead to other such decisions in the industry. “While the whole world is looking at Tuscany and Scandicci” for its leather goods and footwear expertise, Paoloni believes Hugo Boss may be “turning its gaze to far away horizons” seeking “blurred illusions.”, which has been mostly known as a formalwear brand until relatively recently.
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