“On a marketing level, Argentinian brands and retail are very up-to-date”
April 1, 2016 ⋅ by Fashion Market news
Fashion Market had the opportunity to interview Gabriel Farías Iribarren, fashion industry professional with extensive experience in the areas of textile and...
We often talk about quality but when we ask potential employees, current collaborators, providers or manufacturers, and even professionals within the sector the question “What is quality?”, their answers are very diverse or don’t express a clear idea.
In line...
Conscious Consumer.
Purchase trends are shifting. The consumer’s trust on the product, its origin and production process are becoming a powerful force that dictates how companies must operate if they want to remain relevant. Therefore, market’s needs must be met...
Fast fashion and the production in proximity.
One of the consequences of the global textile industry phenomenon known as fast fashion –mass production of clothes, swiftly and with high rotation of collections—is the production in proximity of large fashion hubs...
Countless times, in market fairs and meetings with providers, we have heard the following question from the western buyer to the Chinese vendor:
Do you own a factory?
Or a similar question but expressed with “a sense of need”, not to...
Meaning and magnitude of the Chinese New Year.
The Chinese New Year, also known in China as the Spring Festival or as the Lunar New Year in the West, is the most important traditional celebration of the year in the Chinese calendar, and it is...
Comments on managing quality inspectors.
When controlling the quality of productions and purchases, companies have three alternatives: engaging the services of a quality control firm; forming their own team of quality inspectors; or choosing a mixed system with a combination...
You and your provider.
The goal was clear. You had to make a purchase in China or Asia and try to avoid this situation.
But maybe you couldn’t make it and you have worked with a provider who simply wasn’t...
Why do Chinese providers often make a wrong estimate?
Thanks to your experience producing or importing products from China, you know it’s quite common for estimates to be handled inaccurately.
There are a few perhaps vary basic reasons –and very...
Reasons why it is difficult to purchase or produce in small quantities in China.
Many companies, business men and entrepreneurs want to produce or buy their product in China, but that is not always the best option.
There are three important...
Quality and responsible textile production.
In our current and global textile industry, a garment may contain components of four from five different countries and during its preparation process it can go through factories in different continents. It happens for example...
The costs of the textile sector.
A frequently repeated query refers to which are the factors that currently have greater influence on the cost of textile production.
There are several factors that, to a greater or lesser extent, have impact on...
The globalized textile company.
The fashion industry has adapted to global changes and responds to consumers’ wishes incredibly fast. The industry has achieved this by shifting and making the processes, flows and requirements among brands, consumers and suppliers more efficient.
Essentially,...
Textile industry, today.
Now, in the second half of this year 2016, as a six-monthly balance, I would like to share with you the vision and expectations of professionals and businessmen of the textile industry that I was able to...
Textile industry, agility and speed.
The textile industry is perhaps the most globalized and agile in the world, and its production process is one of the fastest.
Millions of garments, shoes and accessories are manufactured daily around the world in record...
Sustainable textile manufacturing.
Achieving a sustainable, responsible textile industry is the path to create value in origin, therefore creating value in the product and the brand.
At the end of 1980, western textile industries started to produce their collections in China. Then...
Natural Textile Fibers
In the last few months, I have received several questions through the blog regarding natural textile fibers. Evidently, from the perspective of fashion consumers...
