by Nicole Higgins | Nov 4, 2024 | Business Tips, Exporting, Fashion, Trade Shows
8 Essential Tips for your first trade fair visit As a buyer I’ve sourced products from trade fairs across the world from the enormous canton fair in Hong Kong to UK trade fair Top drawer finding suppliers & brands for anything from home...
by Nicole Higgins | Nov 4, 2024 | Business Tips, Christmas, Fashion, Retail, Retailers, Sales
Between 25-50% of your yearly turnover will come in Q4. These are some of the best practice tasks for you to check off your list before & during your Q4 trading season. I’ve spent 20 years in retail working as a buyer and head of buying for the likes of Primark,...
by Nicole Higgins | Aug 7, 2023 | Fashion, Manufacturing, Packaging, Podcast, Sustainability
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,...
by Nicole Higgins | Jun 5, 2023 | Business Tips, Exporting, Fashion, Investment, Manufacturing, Podcast, Trade Shows
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...
by Nicole Higgins | May 8, 2023 | Business Tips, Fashion, Podcast
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...
by Nicole Higgins | Apr 10, 2023 | Business Tips, Fashion, Manufacturing, Podcast
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...