As a Startup or Scaleup choosing the right supplier is crucial and key to your business success. It’s not something to be rushed. The Global Sourcing Expo offers the opportunity to meet with businesses from around the world, including China, India, the States, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, and the Philippines.

Whilst we all love to design, buy, merchandise and sell great products – the no 1 cost you will have in your business is inventory, yet many small and medium businesses do not invest in the right systems and processes to manage it or maximise its earning capacity.

Conscious fashion involves a wide range of practices, including the use of sustainable materials, reducing waste, promoting circularity, ensuring fair and safe working conditions for workers, paying a living wage, and providing transparency to consumers about the social and environmental impact of products. Image Reference Outland Denim

As a fashion business owner, it's essential to stay ahead of the game and have a clear plan to achieve your business goals. This is where a fashion business consultant and strategist comes in as a powerful partner who has one goal in mind, which is your version success.

Fabric is such a vital part of a brand’s appeal – from soft luxurious fibres, to hardy weather-proof pieces. The fabric is what seals the deal, and we want you to become a pro at choosing the best fabric options that will turn your garments into pieces your customers will want to wear every day (where appropriate!).

Starting your own fashion business can be filled with unexpected technical complexities and curve-balls. This ‘technical’ side of fashion often causes challenges for brands when they’re staring out – and we’re here to help you avoid as much of this as possible!

Established in 2019, EXIE was founded to provide women with technical activewear that has a street-style aesthetic. Eventually, through what Christina calls ‘the power of connection’, her business partnered with the Accent Group where they stocked within Stylerunner.

i=Change helps businesses be known ‘as a purposeful enterprise’ by helping them shift from the product and promotion model to product and purpose. This is needed, especially in recent years, because consumers are increasingly demanding for their purchases to create meaningful, sustainable social and environmental change.

If there’s one person to know in the Melbourne fashion scene, it’s CEO of Melbourne Fashion Festival, Graeme Lewsey! After graduating from his Bachelor of Arts Degree at RMIT University and briefly designing for his own fashion label, Graeme was awarded Australian Young Designer of The Year by The Woolmark Company which was then followed by over a decade of working with leading fashion brands, retailers and marketing agencies in Europe.

Charlotte Hicks is the founder of ESSE and has over 10 years’ experience designing for leading global fashion brands, such as Zimmermann and sass & bide. ESSE was born out of frustration for the sheer excess and waste that is evident in the fashion industry.

If you missed our Fashion.Business.Mindset LIVE Industry Roundtable, then you don’t have to worry. You can access the full replay and take your virtual FROW seat while we chat to the industries best leaders, changemakers, designers, brands, entrepreneurs and mentors. We’re also going to be covering off a full wrap up of the event here, so you’ll feel like you’ve come away with some gold. Image: Esse Studios

Effie Kats first founded Zachary The Label in 2013, which she operated for 5 years. After exiting Zachary, Effie launched her namesake label in 2018, which focuses on made-to-measure garments with a view to create perfectly tailored, sustainable pieces that last in your wardrobe for years to come. Effie also owns online and wholesale label, Bayse Brand.