“Why waste our gold in imported goods when domestic products provide the highest quality that the customer might wish?” This was the ‘buy local’ marketing strategy of Albanian industrialists in pre-war Albania. And yes, Albanian merchants from Korca, Gjirokastra, Delvina, and other cities would trade with gold until World War II. Ads from the 20s...
TIRANA, October 7 Albanian textile and footwear manufacturing businesses switched to producing face masks following the suspension of contracts from their main buyers when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. The Albanian textile and footwear manufacturing industry comprise some of the most advanced businesses especially in terms of export volume. However, the pandemic outbreak had a huge...