Consultancy case histories
Fast, affordable, actionable advice. Do-how as much as know-how
Our consultancy projects give buyers and suppliers particular help in
Creating and reviewing apparel buyers' sourcing strategies.
Our most common brief. Typically, our Sourcing Health Check is semi-automated. We can work with a retailer or brand to produce a one-off evaluation of a buying strategy – or leave a client with the tools to carry on doing it himself. No two Health Checks are ever the same. But, typically, they compare a buyer’s sourcing and the prices he’s being charged with the market average in his country.
Finding new factories for buyers
The Clothesource Knowledge Base includes SupplyBase – our database of most of the world’s garment factories. This enables us to offer buyers highly flexible advice. Using PriceTrak and TradeTrak, we can identify countries that are right for making garments in each product category for the markets the buyer is targetting.
Helping suppliers improve their sales.
We sometimes work for one garment factory looking for sales leads. Sometimes for a major fabric looking to redefine its worldwide sales and marketing strategy. The details differ from project to project. But the principles are the same.
- MarketTrak gives us insight into market sizes around the world.
- Our buyer database helps pinpoint retailers or brands of particular relevance to each client
- In many cases, our existing relationship might let us make relevant introductions.
Evaluating industry suppliers' business strategies.
Such as working with a major supplier to garment factories to evaluate the right production location