Resourceful Designers’ Guide:

How to outsource wholesale fashion

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In today’s world for young designers, searching for reliable firms who can help build their dreams to life is a core foundation that is going to shape their brands to profit-making businesses. There are various channels a capable apparel manufacturer can be found. The very helpful tip is to create a shortlist of possibilities, combed with your basic knowledge of some certain areas of developing countries to start with.

Google

After the revolution of the cyber world, the Internet plays an ultra-active role in everyday life. You can get the information and credibility check of as many clothing manufacturers as you want in a timely manner. Of course, no one but Google is the key search engine that will lead us to the information on clothing manufacturers and fashion wholesalers.

Referrals

Take recommendations from friends and business acquaintances. It’s likely that you can have a detailed assessment of an apparel manufacturer and its advantages and disadvantages from someone who has experienced their services.

Good Old Yellow Pages…

If you happen to be in a prospective country and have access to the Yellow Pages, it is a good start. Even though old-fashioned, looking up local apparel manufacturers through directories such as Yellow Pages can sometimes yield results. Long time established clothing manufacturers are usually listed in one of those pages. It couldn’t hurt to leaf through the sheer thin pages packed with history!

Trade Consultants

Since you are looking for reliable wholesale fashion providers, there are trade associations and industry-specific business matching service, which are able to find you a business partner. Most businesses that have signed up with these trade organizations are often reliable, as they must fulfill certain criteria to become listed members.

Exhibitions and Tradeshows

Exhibitions are one of the most trustworthy sources to meet professional apparel manufacturers. It is where you can have a great opportunity to discuss your business plan and your creative collection to potential apparel manufacturers face to face. As well as this, it gives you the opportunity to meet as many apparel manufacturers as possible in order to compare the services and find the one that best suits your brand.

Press!

Trade magazines feature advertisements from potential wholesalers and manufacturers who have been filtered by PR and their expertise. A selection of trade publications and trade press listings should be available at your local business library or the Internet.

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