Sourcing producers

Working with domestic garment makers has several advantages; meeting with manufacturers, seeing their facilities, and discussing your special demands is considerably easier when they are based locally. You’ll also benefit from higher quality production, shorter shipment times and easier returns of potentially faulty pieces, not to mention same time zone and holiday schedule and No import duties or tariffs.

In general in Europe there are higher regulations ands stricter labor laws in place compared to the rest of the world, as well as better working conditions.

Consumers are becoming more aware of these issues, and being “produced locally” may be an effective marketing pitch. All of this, though, comes at a price cost. Using domestic producers often costs more, but products with a local made in label demand a higher price point.

When you are sourcing garment manufacturers, you’re very likely to hit a bunch of dead ends.

Maybe your order will be too small, maybe they can’t do what you need them to do, or maybe they are just too busy to take on new customers.

While these may feel like dead ends and setbacks, you can still make the most of each of these conversations by asking every person and company you speak with if they know any other factories or manufacturers that they could recommend.