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What is Trim Card in the Garments Industry The trim card is also known as ‘Swatch card‘, a common word in the garments manufacturing industry. So it is a Swatch card in the garments industry. To assure Fabric & Trims which are going to be used for production are approved by the Buyer / Merchandiser[…]
Merchandiser definition A merchandiser is a person who monitors taking orders, price negotiation, raw material sourcing, ensuring inventory, pre-production activities, bulk production, packing, and on-time delivery. Merchandiser plays the role to keep communication between vendor and customers in the garments industry. A bridge between two parts of the garments business. As the responsibilities are high[…]
Garment marketing and merchandising present a unique problem because of the ever-changing nature of fashion and the difficulty of predicting consumer demand. The fashion world is famous for its fast-moving, style variation, product uniqueness, do-or-die success, or failure rate. With a need to respond quickly to consumer purchasing, sophisticated processes are required for quick decision-making[…]
Apparel Merchandising Terms and Definitions There is so many commercial and costing terminology used in the apparel merchandising process. Those terms and definitions are important to handle export garments manufacturing from getting orders to taking payments. These are all terminology related to factory merchandising, retail merchandising, commercial, and shipping departments. It is necessary to know[…]
The most important and powerful tool of merchandising -is the time and action calendar (TNA/ T&A) to execute orders to garment buyers. We are going to produce a PO, we need to check the time and action plan. Generally, merchandisers prepare the Time and action plan of the order in a spreadsheet by listing down[…]
Sewing Thread Consumption Sewing thread consumption is required to know for any apparel industry. Thread consumption is the amount the thread needed for operation at a certain length. So that merchandiser can budget the thread amount against any order. There are different types of stitches used in apparel, and each stitch consumption differs from the[…]
