Local daily paper ‘Rheinische Post’ reported the Dutch fashion retailer, which has its headquarters in Düsseldorf, Germany, decided to close the project factory after what turned out to be a failed localisation effort. The jeans production facility specialised in producing more sustainable jeans and was opened in 2021.

FIT employed 90 people and intended to count on a productive capacity of roughly 420,000 items per year, with the intention of increasing to 800,000. However, reports said C&A did not meet the expected results.

The project was created to develop more sustainable