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The strongest buyers are specific with their Product development. They can describe what they want in so suppliers to make samples, and they know which details will move the cost and which will not.
This section covers the steps of a product development cycle, what to check when a sample arrives, and how to develop enough fabric knowledge to have a useful conversation about handle, weight and construction.
The articles here cover the process end to end: the steps from initial brief to sealed sample, what to look for when a first sample arrives, and how to build the fabric knowledge that lets you tell a quality issue from a price issue.
They draw on experience from both sides of the buyer and supplier table. If you have ever received samples that were nothing like what you briefed or you had sample developments run late without knowing exactly where it went wrong, you will find answers here.
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A fashion tech pack is the specification document a factory builds from, and the difference between a clean production run and an expensive one frequently
Private label product development takes a product from an idea to a delivered order, working directly with a factory rather than buying somebody else’s range.
The fashion critical path is the part of the buying process that holds everything else together. It is the glue between design, sourcing, production and
Effective supplier negotiation in fashion buying has very little to do with tactics and a great deal to do with what you think a supplier
Where to Start to Learn about Fabrics There is so much to learn about fabrics it is hard to know where to start! When I
There is an entire process from an initial sample through to production, here are 7 steps to follow
One of the most exciting stages of the product development process is when your first samples are completed especially if you are working with manufacturers