“If you look at a standard custom-made product such as tailoring, it can take days, weeks or even months to create just one product. Christy Ng is a local shoe brand that specialises in women’s fashion footwear and is known for its custom-made shoes. “With all of these upgrades, the cost to manufacture a pair of custom-made shoes has dropped significantly since 2013. The George Town, Penang-based enterprise is known for crafting fine custom-made jewellery fitted with rare gemstones such as rubies, sapphires and topazes. She says it can be difficult to be on the same page in terms of product design and materials with so many international stakeholders.

Source: The Edge Markets August 20, 2020 06:56 UTC