Insights
Four things worth writing down.
Not a blog. Four pieces on the parts of apparel manufacture that decide whether a season works — lead time, drift between sample and bulk, what a low minimum really costs, and how India compares with Bangladesh and Vietnam. Written for someone deciding where to place a programme.
The pieces
Each one answers a question we get asked on a first call
18 June 2026
4 min read
Where a 40-day apparel TAT actually goes, week by week
Stitching is twelve of the forty days. The other twenty-eight are fabric, approvals and finishing — which is why the date slips before anyone touches a machine.
Read it2 July 2026
4 min read
Why bulk drifts from the sample — and the four causes
The sample was right and the delivery is wrong. In nearly every case it is one of four things, and three of them are decided before bulk cutting starts.
Read it21 July 2026
4 min read
What a 150-piece minimum actually does to your range plan
A low minimum is not a discount. It is permission to be wrong about a style without it costing you a season — and it changes how you build the range.
Read it6 August 2026
3 min read
India, Bangladesh and Vietnam: an honest comparison for a mid-market brand
We manufacture in India, so read this with that in mind. On price at volume we lose to both. On small quantities, fabric variety and design origination, we do not.
Read it
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