This is not a recent phenomenon. The Italian city of Prato has had that type of businesses for at least 20 years now, this is common knowledge in Italy (I grew

This is not a recent phenomenon. The Italian city of Prato has had that type of businesses for at least 20 years now, this is common knowledge in Italy (I grew up there) and I could also find a NYT article about it: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/13/world/europe/13prato.html http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/13/world/europe/13prato.html