Potential shortage of La Sportiva and Scarpa shoes

In order to protect the health of their workers and reduce the risk of spreading Covid-19, both La Sportiva and Scarpa did close their production almost two weeks ago. If this lockdown will continue there might be a shortage of the Italian climbing shoes. Here is part of an official message Lorenzo Delladio from La Sportiva posted 12/3. "The speech given last night by the President of the Council of Ministers tightened the restrictions for the entire Country, but at the same time, required the production activities to continue. Even if on the one hand I can share this approach, the health of our employees is worth more than anything else to me and that is why, going beyond the Central Government's instructions, I decided to stop also the production activity from tomorrow morning until April 3. All these measures will have important negative consequences for all of us: in terms of turnover, market presence, finance and personal sacrifices, but we are sure this is what we have to do in order to start again with more motivation once this emergency is over. Clearly, if this determination of mine is not followed by my fellow entrepreneurs and, above all, by the central policy of Rome, all these efforts will have only a little effect. I therefore hope that this choice will convince everyone that this is the only possible way out of this together."