EUROPE satisfaction . Being innovative in terms of advanced logistics technology and IT systems in reasonable fields really pays off . Although all logistics developments made required much capital investment , they brought us a continuous cost to serve decrease .”

Ethical expansion In recent years LPP has worked hard to ensure that its supply chain is as transparent and ethical as possible , which culminated with the creation of a dedicated CSR department last year to provide oversight on this initiative . This endeavour may be relatively new to the company , but due to its inherent speed , it has been able to take it on board with gusto .

LPP ’ s spokesperson Marta Chlewicka says : “ We are initially concentrating on implementing the right controls and auditing our factories . While we don ’ t actually own any factories , we are focusing on being precise with the ones we use – we will be conducting more audits and social audits in our supply chain , especially in Bangladesh this year , and in the future we would like to also control our factories in China .”

“ We are the only Polish fashion retailer who joined the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh initiative whose aim is to improve the safety in the clothing production facilities in Bangladesh .”

Soltys adds : “ We also take into account the transport we currently use ; we ship via

LPP also has five franchise stores in the Middle East region

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