SOURCING: Reducing time for fitting samples

Author: Niki Tait | 2 June 2010

One of the biggest challenges faced by retailers, brands and their suppliers is how to speed up garment design and development when most of the people involved in the process work in different places - often in different time zones and speaking different languages.

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