Fashinza founder Pawan Gupta at Sourcing at Magic | Betsy Zanjani
Betsy Zanjani, Contributing Writer | Thursday, September 1, 2022
Sourcing in Magic was at the forefront of change at the Las Vegas Convention Center from August 7-10, proving that the future is now. “The future is shaping the way our sourcing community does business, and with new advances comes new challenges,” said Andreu David, Magic’s vice president of sourcing. “This season, we wanted to support and educate about new technologies.”
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Among the exhibitors who showed how they were:
Fashinza works with brands and retailers to analyze what is selling in specific markets: what prints or colors are trending, what silhouettes are selling, all the pertinent information to help during the design process and ensure higher sales. By partnering with factories and suppliers, you can also help with execution. Pawan Gupta, founder, created his end-to-end smart manufacturing platform for fashion brands. “Travel is expensive, so we do the legwork,” he said. “The try-and-buy concept, all at lower MOQs, is our forte.”
Resource) provides services for everything from fabrics and sampling to shipping and working seamlessly through garment production for its customers. The company specializes in working with emerging brands, offering full transparency to the client, while managing the process.
Coming from a catering family, the founders of buy beehive they call themselves the “matchmakers” of the supply chain. Vendors are carefully vetted to link up with the growing pool of freelance designers, who work as production coordinators for a one-time fee.
With streaming becoming the newest way to sell products, companies have opened the door to direct-to-consumer sales. blackmagicdesign has developed the hardware that enables designers and brands to record, edit and live stream for face-to-face sales.
In addition, fabrics with improved technologies are improving quality and performance with new innovations. A Eclat Textiles, the fabrics are waterproofed for outdoor garments. Garrett Bennett, owner of front categoryHe was at the show because “with the Shanghai show closing, this show has been a godsend,” he said. the GTC Gyeonggi Textile Centerthe huge LA showroom of sustainable, recycled and organic fabrics, with more than 40,000 collections, was also an exhibitor.
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