The fashion industry is known for penalising suppliers, by cancelling orders even though the material has been bought, or reducing units last minute, or even changing the colour last minute based on recent trade which simply isn’t fair. If you want to keep your manufacturers on your side, be cautious about how much you penalise…
Great. So that’s step two complete. So now you have a comparison, you know, the entry and exit price point. You know, you are competitive by category in your fashion brand. Step three is to gain your operational costs. So it’s either going to be quotes if you’re a startup and you haven’t launched yet,…
By Ansa Translated by Nicola Mira Published June 10, 2025 The new owner of Italian luxury lingerie label La Perla is US billionaire Peter Kern, the former vice-president and CEO of Expedia. The news was reported by Italian daily Il Messaggero, citing sources from Italy’s Ministry of Business and Made-in-Italy (MIMIT). The news has been…
It’s my favorite time of year for a few different reasons. One, the weather, obviously. Nothing beats 60 and sunny with the smell of fall leaves in the air. Two, the Shopbop Style Event Sale, because now I get to stock up on all of my fave fall outfits at a discounted price! I usually…
So let’s just pretty much get stuck straight into looking at a costing sheet! So here we go. This is a costing sheet here’s an example of what one looks like. So, yeah, so it’s not too scary! The top section has all of your product information – normally there’s an image to remind you…
You may have always had aspirations to sell to Harrods in the UK or to Amazon globally. But ask yourself; does your target audience shop on that channel? To increase your profitability you need to find the channel/s that your audience love to use and be present on them, making more noise than your competitors!…
Now to have a product that is in demand, you need to ask yourself – who else is producing a similar product? You need to find out who your competitors are and complete competitor analysis. A thorough analysis will focus on your competitors in your market, looking at how well or how bad their Product…
Wow, I can’t believe it’s been one year since Jordan and I closed on our forever home! This has been a long time coming, so I’m super excited to share our home renovation tour with you. We renovated the full first floor, with minor tweaks upstairs (carpet cleaning, new paint, etc.). We also ended up…
Learn your farm animals with AI! AI Weirdness: the strange side of machine learning Hey kids! What sound does a woolly horse-sheep make? The image above is what you get when you ask dalle-3 (via chatgpt) for…
Delivery giant DHL has released its latest E-Commerce Trends Report and said that “AI and social media are reshaping online shopping”. DHL It said that delivery remains the top “conversion killer” with 81% of shoppers abandoning their carts when preferred delivery options are missing. But there are other issues too with a third of shoppers…
