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All Starting a Brand Production Sampling Costs

Seamstress measuring the neckline of a grey chiffon wrap garment on a dress form with a green tape measure at CMT Studio London

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What Counts as a Pre-Production Sample? Why Skipping It Is the Most Expensive Mistake

What a PP sample actually is, what to check before approving one, and what happens when it gets skipped.

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Bright garment production studio with machinists working at sewing machines and cutting tables

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ProductionStarting a Brand

CMT or Fully Factored? How to Choose the Right Production Route for Your Brand

Get this decision wrong at the start and it costs more than money. It costs months.

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Close-up of deep purple smocked and ruffled fabric, showing the handwork possible in small-run CMT production

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Why Minimum Order Quantities Exist, and Why Ours Stays Low

What actually sits behind a factory's MOQ, and why the CMT model lets ours stay at four pieces per style.

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