I believe that in this time of furlough, redundancy and general desperation many entrepreneurs will be born. It’s about clearing the fog and seeing where you might turn a bad position into a great opportunity. Undoubtedly, there is a great …
Fashion Industry
This headline from the BOF report “the state of Fashion 2020” produced with McKinsey & Co tells us that even before the pandemic the Fashion industry wasn’t working. No surprises there! But have we asked ourselves why? What’s the vision …
The challenge A London-based luxury women’s fashion brand, was experiencing custom delays in their supply chain caused by having their production based in Turkey. The operational challenges and increasing travel costs were escalating, and this prompted the retail fashion brand …
As the global spread of novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to make headlines, will its impact on supply chains lead to brave decision-making from fashion brands? An article in The Times this week expressed the fears of many UK fashion retailers …
Katrina Armitage was invited as a guest speaker at Fashion London SVP for their popular ‘Sourcing Briefing’ sessions held at London Olympia last month. Fashion London SVP is the UK’s leading fashion sourcing show which attracted global apparel producers, new …
Why? Sustainability is the driver here, and this is down to the fact that it reduces the Carbon footprint of a piece of clothing. Here’s something to get you thinking….. THE LIFE OF A VERY LOW PRICED, MASSED PRODUCED GARMENT. …
Having spent 42 years in Fashion, the last 27 manufacturing with my own business, I now find myself as a Consultant, sharing all the knowledge and skills gained over that time. I have now realised the full meaning of the …