How do you create a brand that is ethical? This is a question I am asked more and more as founders look to contribute positively to society’s wellbeing. How to you navigate the complexity of putting this into place? Sara Collins is an ethical product consultant,...
Alison Lewy MBE, is a fashion industry expert, author and founder of Fashion Angel, who provide mentoring, business support and access to funding for the fashion industry. Alison was a guest on Episode 79 of my podcast Start, Scale Succeed and shares her top tips for...
Leigh Unwin is the founder of The Style Attic, a family run women’s fashion boutique in Leeds offering high-quality, fresh and affordable new styles every week. With lots of free size styles, fitting from a size 8 to 22, find the perfect flattering outfit for...
As a new fashion business, one of the main challenges can be finding a reliable supplier, particularly one that will accept low minimum order quantities. Ziqi Deng is the co-founder of Resourcefashion, a production supply chain specifically designed for emerging...
Lingerie is having a moment and is set to grow by 11.4% between 2016 and 2021 to top £3BN according to Mintel. Some of this is created by new trends and also “The Lipstick Effect”, which is that in harder economic times lower priced items are purchased....
If you are thinking of starting a plus-sized fashion brand it’s a growing market and has great potential, expecting to grow 7% by 2022. The ladies plus size fashion market is worth £4.7 billion in the UK according to a PWC report. Plus size can be classed as...
Nicole Higgins
The Buyer & Retail Coach is a global retail expert with over 18 years experience working in the industry as a buyer and head of buying for companies such as Primark, M&S and George at Asda, developing and sourcing a broad range of products from Lingerie to Health & Beauty and driving strategies and innovation.
Having worked for the big blue chips she now brings that expertise and experience to entrepreneurs and SME’s to help you make your product ideas a reality, scale your business and increase your bottom line sales & profits.