My my, another year has come and gone, it’ll be a new year the next time we meet. I have to be away this weekend on family business but I look forward to catching up with you all soon. Until then, if you have time to read amid the New Year’s festivities, here’s another edition of the weekly archives post listing the entries published on this site, for this week, over the past six years.…
Month: December 2011
Legal changes affecting clothing manufacturers in California
Today must be the day for legal stuff! Okay, primarily via Apparel News come these highlights of interest to California based apparel manufacturers.
First is SB657, the Human Trafficking law (pdf) which states that effective January 1st, qualifying manufacturers and retailers are required to post specific details about their supply chains on their websites.…
CPSIA: If you make kid’s products, you MUST do this TODAY
Amended 1/6/2012: Please see the most recent post on this topic for updated information, particularly if you experienced difficulty after complying with these instructions.
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This is important stuff. First of all, as much as it pains me to repeat myself, today is not the day to wrangle with semantics or diction.…
Selling to department stores pt.2 (EDI)
[amended 12/30/11]
In Selling to department stores pt.1, I mentioned the advantages and disadvantages to independents who want to sell clothing to department stores. Please read that first for context or little of this entry will make sense or will simply overwhelm you.…
You need to start manufacturing yourself. Period.
A recent news story from Marketplace Money titled Double-digit unemployment? These firms can’t find workers bolsters my all too frequent lament that we are critically short on domestic production resources and with no improvement in sight. Here’s an excerpt:
…When local fashion firm Pinup Girl Clothing tried to ramp up production of its vintage-inspired apparel recently it hit a snag: It couldn’t find anyone to do the work.