Concept One Accessories

from 2021. These developments, alongside Concept One’s steadfast and aggressive approach towards growth, will ensure it maintains its long-term position as a proven leader in the accessories business.

Trend setters

Alongside the importance of growing the business, ensuring that ethical and sustainable initiatives are incorporated, particularly during the manufacturing process, has become one of the core focusses of the company. In addition to the compliance oversight team in China, a new member on the senior leadership team has recently been hired to carry out the task of overseeing each company and its sustainability initiatives, ensuring that compliance is met both at the manufacturing level as well as with regards to raw material procurement. Sustainable alternatives have now been introduced across 100 percent of the materials used by the company including various metals, plastics, nylons, polyester, cotton and polyurethane. In addition to this, the company is currently working to swap out all of its packaging for recycled alternatives, in an attempt to reduce waste and a reliance upon single-use materials. Concept One has recently engaged with HIGG, a value chain sustainability platform, to monitor the company suppliers’ manufacturing processes and carbon footprint contributions.

Reflecting on recent developments and potential opportunities for the future, Sam Hafif explains: “Our push into new global markets is being met with a lot of enthusiasm, and is gaining momentum much faster than we anticipated. We recently opened our new showroom in London’s Shoreditch neighborhood to feature all of our licensed products and to house our UK design and sales team.” Looking towards the future of the company, he continues: “My hope is that within the next five years, the majority, if not all of our products and packaging will be made from sustainable materials, and that we will have opened new offices in primary markets such as Japan and India. Although I’ve been in this industry for 35 years now, each day presents new opportunities for me to learn. The consumers’ shopping habits and the technology around bringing great products to them is evolving so fast, my ambition is to stay ahead of the trends, and to continue learning from those around me.”

Concept One continues to prove that there are incremental business opportunities within the accessories space, and it will continue to drive its product assortments and innovation to maintain long-term success for the future. ■ www.concept1.com