Following the theme of yesterday’s entry, I’ll post some suggestions on getting your stuff back from a sewing contractor. The first step is to know what you have (inventory management) and a lot of people don’t. I will also provide some suggestions to avoid getting in a bind like this.…
Tag: Fraud
When your contractor is stealing from you

Here the worst has come to pass, such an ugly drama.
If you’re not a member and can’t access the details, one of our designers -we’ll call her Jane- received several angry emails from her sales reps saying that another designer -let’s call her Haley- was selling many of Jane’s styles and in Jane’s exact fabrications.…
Paying commissions for referrals pt.2
As I imagined, my previous entry was a topic of great debate. Before we can sort through it, it is important to separate commissions generated via recognized sales functions from relationship referrals. For example, any agent is clearly off the table.…
Paying commissions for referrals?
This is from a conversation we’re having in the forum. For context, Xochil is a pattern maker who has been asked to pay commissions by another party for work he sends to her. She asks (edited):
I am curious to see how others feel about either accepting or even requesting a commission or “finder’s fee” on making referrals to other businesses.
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Organic cotton ‘fraud’
Perhaps you caught the story alleging H&M used genetically modified cotton from India in their certified organic products. The story was published in the German edition of the Financial Times last Friday. Via Ecotextile News:
The scale of the alleged fraud uncovered by the German edition of the Financial Times newspaper is shocking – if it’s accurate.
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