"By demanding unfavourable “payment terms” from fashion labels, retailers push risk further down the supply chain, with serious implications for the health of emerging fashion brands."
The article focuses on young brands, however when reading between the lines it is clear that the lucky few who could make it beyond the first ten months keep facing the same issues over and over again. Many members here are probably well aware of these difficulties, it echoes some of the discussions in the Reboot thread, with extensive explanation for neophytes and an attempt at sketching a couple solutions (though one is not controllable on the designer's end and seems to merely mitigate a worsening situation, and the other requires control of, or at least a solid influence over, both production means and distribution channels).
The article focuses on young brands, however when reading between the lines it is clear that the lucky few who could make it beyond the first ten months keep facing the same issues over and over again. Many members here are probably well aware of these difficulties, it echoes some of the discussions in the Reboot thread, with extensive explanation for neophytes and an attempt at sketching a couple solutions (though one is not controllable on the designer's end and seems to merely mitigate a worsening situation, and the other requires control of, or at least a solid influence over, both production means and distribution channels).
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