Ex-Li & Fung VP, Manish Bharati exploring new avenues
After 12 years in various positions at Li & Fung sourcing office in Gurgaon, Manish Bharati has taken a sabbatical to explore new avenues. He joined the company as VP and Country Head – European...
View ArticleThe struggles of a small buying house in Bangladesh
Employing around 40-50 people and helmed by Didarul Islam as the Managing Director, INZ Sourcing Limited, a medium-sized buying house based out of Mirpur, Dhaka, which started operations in 2004, is...
View ArticleSmall exporters’ time to expand has come…
Bangladesh, known for producing and taking only bulk orders, is now gearing up to accept smaller orders with even the bigger companies jumping on to the bandwagon. The acceptance of small orders have...
View ArticleDK Group’s motto: Client retention through service satisfaction
Predominantly a buying house with its own manufacturing facilities, DK Group, headed and managed by Syed A.Q.M. Zahid (Group Managing Director), is an 18-year-old entity that worked its way up from a...
View ArticleTexperts makes paradigm shift towards sustainable innovation
Realizing that innovative technology, creative concepts and sustainable products have become the order of the day for the contemporary businesses, Texperts has adopted a conceptual approach to meet new...
View ArticlePlanning and tactical manoeuvres behind Top Grade’s success in Bangladesh
A readymade garment manufacturing and sourcing company with its manufacturing facilities in Vietnam and liaison (sourcing) offices across the globe, Top Grade International Enterprise Limited...
View ArticlePrice, Quality and Delivery: Three pillars of success at Fiesta Fashion
On-time delivery of orders is the current demand of the time and the weakness of the Bangladesh apparel industry, and Fiesta Fashion is one such buying house that is continually building its strength...
View ArticleIDG concentrates on innovation and design
A private label manufacturer, International Direct Group (IDG) caters to the US market for woven bottoms and tops for its core customers, including American Department stores such as Macy’s, Dillard’s,...
View ArticleAouda Fashions looking for men’s and kids’ wear suppliers
Jeddah-based apparel importers Aouda Fashions (Part of Aoudah Group) is looking for direct exporters of men’s and kids’ wear (in knitted as well as in woven segment) who are basically manufacturers and...
View ArticleBEE: A small but efficient sourcing company…
A six-year-old buying house driven by a group of young professionals, BEE Bangladesh Clothing with annual turnover of US $ 200,000, which may be small by some standards, works with big names such as...
View ArticlePranav Textiles to start working as a buying agent again
With some improvement in markets from the Indian perspective and China’s falling share in global apparel export, some of the companies that had moved away from apparel business are coming back. One of...
View ArticleKalp Exim shifting target segment
Change is constant…, and also a strategy for survival and growth. Mumbai-based 22 years old buying house Kalp Exim too adopted the same system to change. Earlier working mainly with wholesalers, the...
View ArticleT. Merchandising Service achieves good growth in outdoor home products
Completing a decade of its operations, Noida-based buying house T. Merchandising Service has observed good growth in outdoor home furnishing products for US market and is further expecting same or even...
View ArticleAmaaaz Group looking for ‘organic’ apparel exporters in India
Mangalore (India)-based Amaaaz Group, which is into sourcing of multiple products across the various industries like minerals, furniture and jewels, is looking for Indian exporters that are able to...
View ArticleMarket Fit Dhaka’s success story…
Joining the company in 2006 as a merchandiser, Mohammad Nadim Haider Rouf rose up to the ranks quickly by contributing significantly in increasing the company’s (Bangladesh arm) turnover, which...
View ArticleSmall, but growing, buying houses of Tirupur
Some of the small, but growing, buying agents/buying houses in Tirupur are moving aggressively in their business. Recently, Apparel Online met three such companies and observed that despite their...
View ArticleBuying houses want to work with Jaipur, but…
In last edition of Apparel Online, we highlighted reasons why none of the apparel exporters of Jaipur has achieved the magical turnover of Rs. 100 crore. One of the main reasons according to the...
View ArticleThreads Incorporation Buying Services’ new product categories will give...
Threads Incorporation Buying Services, a Delhi-based buying agency, dealing primarily in ladieswear and kids segment, is now planning to expand its product range and aiming to introduce home...
View ArticleMcCoy Sourcing India venturing into upcoming potential areas
Completing 3 decades of its inception, Delhi-based buying house McCoy Sourcing India, is exploring new markets as well as new product categories. The company which has been working with Europe, North...
View ArticleFinding a niche in sourcing, the only way to survive for small buying houses
Out-of-the-box thoughts and the zeal to excel make Araf Tex Mode and Macrostyle the two enterprising companies in the cluster of several buying houses in Bangladesh. Their flexibility in accepting even...
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