by JeffreyLiving | Jul 11, 2016 | Business in China, Design & Merchandising, Shoe Sourcing, Shoes
In this article i will cover everyday fashion shoes for women, reporting on the many types of suppliers in Mainland China, which started as an innocent visit with the brand owner (buyer) to the showroom to meet with the merchandisers, inspection staff, management, and...
by JeffreyLiving | May 3, 2016 | Design & Merchandising, Technology
Over the last few years I started making wearable technologies to enhance the function of sport clothing, it’s an industry with lots of attention and going through tremendous growth. As I love business, I am touching on the wearable technology industries, as it...
by JeffreyLiving | Dec 22, 2015 | Business in China, Design & Merchandising, Shoes
The evolution of the sport shoes, from a track meet to the runway, how to capitalize on the opportunities. A few challenges in shoe manufacturing: Having a trusted (transparent) supplier or many suppliers as we can see from the following photos there is more than one...
by JeffreyLiving | Nov 7, 2015 | Apparel Quality Control, Brand Differentiators, Business, Design & Merchandising, Fashion, Garment Sourcing, Kit and Ace, Kit and Ace Quality, Lululemon, Manufacturing, Sport Apparel, Supply Chain Management
I have been watching the Kit and Ace brand grow over the last year from one store to an international chain of more than 50 stores (Canada, USA, Australia, and the UK), with more than 750 employees. That is huge accelerated growth in less than a year that only a rare...
by JeffreyLiving | Apr 5, 2015 | Design & Merchandising, Manufacturing
Adidas was a difficult company for me to report on, as its very personal as I grew up wearing the coolest Adidas clothing and footwear in the 80’s… Iconic for making a statement and setting a mark on stylish products with quality to last almost a lifetime....
by JeffreyLiving | Mar 31, 2015 | Design & Merchandising, Manufacturing
On a Friday afternoon I decided to visit the Under Armour store located in the Kerry centre in Shanghai, China. The purpose of my visit was to look at their apparel products, the quality, strategic sourcing, demand planning and more. The mall and store traffic was...
