(Finance) – “The increase absolutely unsustainable of energy costs it truly affects all sectors and in particular that of the fashion sector which sees in future prospects a serious difficulty in being able to maintain fundamental positions within historic centers and at the same time in the need to protect hundreds of thousands of jobs “. Like this Giulio Felloninational president of the Italy-Confcommercio Fashion Federation, spoke about the energy price increases that are also affecting the fashion sector.
“Our sector – continues Felloni – is a fundamental hub of the Made in Italy supply chain. The strong concern comes from the not encouraging signals coming from our suppliers with a price increase of about 15% which may be difficult to sustain by the final consumer who will see, among other things, further reduced their spending capacity. Suffice it to say that, as reported by Confcommercio, the increases in annual spending between July 2021 and July 2022 reached 122% for electricity and 154% for gas. A situation that cannot be resolved with a series of rainy interventions, but which requires a precise awareness and evaluation of the political forces as a whole “.
“As president of the Italian Fashion Federation – Confcommercio – concludes Felloni – I believe that the path undertaken together with our Confederal president, Carlo Sangalli, is a path that points to dialogue but which at the same time strongly underlines the urgent need for structural intervention. in favor of small and medium-sized enterprises that are an integral and essential part for the safeguarding of cities and historic centers. We expect adequate responses from those who will come to govern us, but now it is urgent to extend and increase the tax credit also to our companies fashion detail which, although not classified as energy-consuming and gas-eating, need immediate help to cope with increasingly important costs and margins that are always narrower, on the verge of survival, of the 191,544 stores in the fashion sector and 278,964 employees “
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