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SPORTSWEAR INC. @ ISPO MUNICH

Meet us at ISPO Munich 2018. Attend our workshop, visit our panel at the CSR hub, arrange a personal meeting or watch our webinar at ISPO Academy.

Sportswear brand team
Team

WHO DO YOU NEED ON YOUR TEAM? 17 ROLES TO FILL

There are many roles that need to be filled in your business. As a small sportswear brand you can and probably will take on several of them. But ask yourself which roles you actually can fill and which ones you need to outsource. So what are the typical roles you need to fill? Here they are, your dream team.

Sportswear Inc. Product Range Pricing & Planning
Define The Collection

PRODUCT RANGE PLANNING & PRICING

Building a collection requires a fine balancing act between designing products that incorporate your values as a company and brand, and actually producing garments that sell.

Sportswear Pricing Strategies
Money

APPAREL PRICING STRATEGIES

One of the most common questions we receive is: How should I price my products? Here we’ll go over three different strategies for pricing your sportswear.

Finding A Factory
Premium

FINDING A FACTORY

One of the most common questions we get here at Sportswear Inc is: How do I find a factory? Finding the right manufacturer meeting all your criteria about quality, ethics, and communication is a crucial part of having a successful sportswear business. Can they make the products you have designed, on time, at the right price, and in the right way?

How to comment a garment
Design

HOW TO SUCCESSFULLY COMMENT A GARMENT

In our previous post we explained step by step, how to go about fitting a garment, what to think about in the process and the tools needed. In the fit session you look at the fit, movement and volume of the garment, and now you need to zoom in on all the details, making and workmanship. We’re talking about commenting your garment.

Textile Abbreviations
Sourcing

TEXTILE ABBREVIATIONS

We list the most common textile abbreviations in order to help you with the material sourcing.

Sportswear Inc. ISPO Munich
Market Scan

SPORTSWEAR BRANDS AT ISPO 2018

In the beginning of February it is once again time for the worlds’s largest sports trade show for the sports business. February 5:th, the doors to the fair in Munich Germany will open up to over 2700 exhibitors and their products. You can spend four full days checking out the latest of outdoor, ski, action, sportswear, performance sports, textiles, health & fitness, and sourcing.

Sportswear Inc. Find Manufacturer
Premium

12 QUESTIONS TO ASK THE CLOTHING MANUFACTURER

Before start selling your collection you need to find a manufacturer. The first reason is that you need to know that your quality standards are met and that the sales samples will look like the products you will sell. Secondly you need the cost estimations from your intended manufacturer. Costs vary from factory to factory, and you need to be on top of your price calculations and business model before kicking off.

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