KNITWEAR PRODUCERS INNOVATE TO SPEED UP SUPPLIES FOR FAST FASHION CLIENTS
April 1st, 2016
KNITWEAR manufacturers used to plan production a year in advance, but the advent of fast fashion has changed all that. Today, suppliers are being asked to supply goods in some cases weeks in advance of a product line going to market. Production and planning schedules vary from retailer to retailer but all are now working much closer to the season.
Kate Hills, founder and CEO of UK sourcing promoter Make It British said that even predictable knitted items such as Christmas jumpers were being knitted as late as December. Unsurprisingly, “fast fashion had had a ...
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