February 07 20
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COTTONANSWER GREW ABOVE 10% IN 2019

Cottonanswer, a 100% Portuguese textile company based in Barcelos and completely focused on exporting, grew more than 10% in 2019. About to complete its sixth birthday, the company has already tripled its turnover – from five million euro in 2014 to 16 million.

For the president of the chairman’s board, António Santos, who has accrued experience over three decades in the sector, “countering adversities and overcoming Brexit, in 2020 we will keep growing at double-digits, basing our development strategy on two pillars: technicality and creativity. The two are deeply connected.”

António Santos believes that “the textile cluster will transform itself”, in a dynamic where “the trend is for micro and small businesses to undergo a metamorphosis because quality has become an underlying assumption, and what will spawn success will be creativity and innovation. Hence, the focus on creativity as a factor of added value in our products is adamant”.

For the man-in-charge of the company, “Portuguese textile must continue to invest in innovation, on raw materials, on knitting, on fabrics, but at the same time on fitting, design and new creators”. “The country should, most of all, concoct an image and a product that embodies the Portuguese DNA: its multiculturalism, versatility and ability to adapt because that’s what the modern consumer identifies with the most”.

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