Having read an interesting report from Accenture - See Now Buy Now - has aroused my curiosity about this very current topic in the fashion industry. This has motivated me not only to analyze the subject in this article,...
Ten successful tactics in price negotiations.
In the Price Negotiation report, Margie Bross says: “if you work in apparel purchasing, you will be able to see that price negotiation is a critical aspect of your job, and often stressing”.
Very few...
“The State of Fashion 2017” is a report written by the international consulting firm McKinsey that no professional in the fashion industry should overlook, let alone stop reading.
By reading and analyzing this report, you get to understand each and...
Big data and analytics in fashion.
I finished the previous post with these questions to which I have added the answers we will analyze in this new article.
What competitive advantage does an online sales platform have over traditional brands to...
Nowadays, there are so many changes in the fashion industry and they happen so fast that the structures of the organizations change –I recommend you to click on the link above– and along with them, the organization chart and...
Less predictable, more demanding consumers.
New fashion consumers are feeling increasingly comfortable with digital interactions and online purchases. Encouraged by new technologies, needs and behavior patterns of clients, they are becoming more and more sophisticated and, while brands are constantly...
Recycled fashion is responsible fashion.
According to data from the Environmental Protection Agency, each American consumer throws away an average of 31 kg of clothing per calendar year. To put it clearly, a large part of what is manufactured will...
Near-shore manufacturing is not enough.
Continuing with the analysis of the previous article from the Blog on the “fast fashion” model and why not all fashion labels can integrate this system into their organization, we know that part of the...
What the customer wants, the customer gets.
A fashion brand’s capacity and expertise to identify the garment or accessory the client wants, or even to predict what they will desire so as to design it, produce it and ship it...
If client wants it, it will immediately be produced!
A “bomber” jacket, made of satin, with floral embroidery patterns in the front, back and sleeves, arrived at the store and was immediately put for sale at the flagship...
New business strategies of retail, new challenges for textile supply.
In the present scenario of the textile industry, global fashion brands are making sustainable manufacturing and social commitment the core of their values.
In this sense, the concept of “buy one,...
Sustainable and responsible fashion brands.
The equation is clear: “Fashion labels who haven’t ‘adopted’ sustainability are at risk on multiple fronts”, states Carol Gstalder, HR with Nielsen, in the report titled “The Sustainable Imperative”, published by this consulting firm. “Social...
Production Approval Process.
“In the textile industry this process addresses the way the garment looks, feels, fits and behaves once the client buys it”. This is Margie Bross’ definition in Just Style, and she adds, “It is a network of...
The response from textile sourcing to the omnichannel model.
Retail and the textile labels are transitioning to a supply chain that can efficiently react to the omnichannel model. New and exciting challenges are being discovered along the way.
The omnichannel feature...
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...
The textile industry in the world: The most agile and versatile.
Hundreds of thousands of garments are produced daily on a global scale in record times. Each and every one of these garments is produced based on the likes and...
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...
