What steps are you taking to anticipate and mitigate supply chain risks? Is your glove line made in a single country or factory? What about your raw materials … Events like floods and natural disasters, political overseas — even the occasional port slow down — are inevitable. How would disruption to your manufacturing supply chain […]
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The past few weeks have seen some dramatic trends for importers and sourcing professionals. The Chinese currency (RMB) has fallen steadily over the past year, reaching a 12-month low against the dollar in March. On the other hand, leather prices — a main material in many of our products — have been rising steadily. In
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Glove sourcing isn’t one size fits all. In fact, it’s more like visiting a buffet. Some companies completely outsource all aspects of glove manufacturing, others simply need a specific service to supplement current capabilities. You may need help with design … or sourcing and manufacturing … or have things pretty well in hand (no pun
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Two key leather fairs take place over the next two weeks. Lineapelle will take place in Bologna this coming week. APLF (Asia Pacific Leather Fair) will be the first few days of April. It seems that everyone involved in sourcing and producing leather products will be attending the leather fairs with more keen interest. Why? more
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Last month, we attended the 2014 Outdoor Retailer Winter Show in Salt Lake City. This show is always a source of inspiration, and if you’ve never been there, I’d highly recommend a future visit. Leading technical materials suppliers use this venue to introduce new materials for high performance gloves, apparel and sports gear, and
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Last month, I spent a week working at our glove factory in China, and meeting with vendors, suppliers and customers. I thought I’d share a “boots on the ground” report, on what I’m seeing and hearing, pertaining to the 2014 outlook for Asia manufacturing and supply chain impacts. 2014 Asia Sourcing Outlook from a Glove
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Suppose your son or daughter is deciding on which college to attend. They’ve seen the brochures, talked to friends, read the online rating. Should they choose the school where they will be spending the next 4 years, without a visit? Similarly, it can very instructive for buyers and product managers to spend time visiting prospective
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If you\’re a private label glove buyer, and you\’re good at what you do, it\’s because of your unique management style. In our experience, each private label buyer has a slightly different way of approaching the sourcing process. Of the 6 glove buying/management types we have identified, which management style best describes you?more 1. Type
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Welcome to The Glove Maker’s Blog Welcome to our blog, where we share our glove manufacturing, design and sourcing experience, as well as more general views, tips and news for glove buyers and others within our industry. Let’s talk about glove sourcing by starting with a story. A new food store opened in my town
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