T-shirt / apparel supplier

Hi

I'm pretty new to sublimation and vynal printing. I have found plenty of sublimation suppliers but not many for t-shirts, hoodies etc. I'm currently using absolute apparel but I have a customer wanting long sleeve t-shirts in a range of colours, unfortunately, the collour selection for youths is very small.

I'm off the the printing convention at NEC in a few weeks and also Autumn fair. Hoping to find a couple of new suppliers but I thought you folks could perhaps help me.

Thanks in advance

Dave

Ralawise worth checking out, many clothing suppliers appear to be short on stock nowadays (Brexit to blame as always)

Very little choice in kids longsleeve colours from any of the main brands. Most just stick to the basic black/white/blue/red/grey range.

Russel HD range is available in kids longsleeve in some interesting colours, but at a price.

Ladies sizes could work, but unfortunately they tend to come with a scoop neckline these days instead of a crewneck.

You aren’t looking to sublimate clothing are you? You would be restricted to white only, well any coloured items would affect the final colour finish. Or are you looking for clothing for vinyl?
I use Prestige Lesuire or Pencarrie.


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thanks I'll have a look at those suppliers

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Brexit to blame as always

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I hate that I am hearing this myself.

As an ardent remainer no one can convince me that leaving the EU is worthwhile. However whenever I hear "blame Brexit" right now I point out that we haven't left yet and ordering anything right now should (and is) exactly the same as it has been for the past 40 odd years, its a really poor excuse.

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Originally Posted by socialgiraffe

I hate that I am hearing this myself.

As an ardent remainer no one can convince me that leaving the EU is worthwhile. However whenever I hear "blame Brexit" right now I point out that we haven't left yet and ordering anything right now should (and is) exactly the same as it has been for the past 40 odd years, its a really poor excuse.

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Much of this industry relies on the brands being able to move stock to and fro where it is needed. I am getting the impresion that no more is being held in this country than is needed in case they have to pay 12% WTO duty to get it back out.

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Much of this industry relies on the brands being able to move stock to and fro where it is needed. I am getting the impresion that no more is being held in this country than is needed in case they have to pay 12% WTO duty to get it back out.

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Interesting and never thought of it like that.

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Originally Posted by pw66

Much of this industry relies on the brands being able to move stock to and fro where it is needed. I am getting the impresion that no more is being held in this country than is needed in case they have to pay 12% WTO duty to get it back out.

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That may well be for the brands but the likes of Prestige and Pencarrie wouldn’t need to move stock back and forth through the WTO as they mainly sell to UK okay maybe Ireland but mainly UK. Or are you saying that Gildan, Fruit of the loom or AWD plus the others will not ship to the UK large quantities but the bare minimum just in case?


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Originally Posted by Quinsfan

That may well be for the brands but the likes of Prestige and Pencarrie wouldn’t need to move stock back and forth through the WTO as they mainly sell to UK okay maybe Ireland but mainly UK. Or are you saying that Gildan, Fruit of the loom or AWD plus the others will not ship to the UK large quantities but the bare minimum just in case?


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This is how I saw his post...

Ralawise (for example) work on a just in time delivery schedule. Their place is huge and well worth a visit if you ever get the opportunity, but there is no way they can accommodate large stock of everything they sell. They would need a factory the size of Bristol.

They rely on FOTL (for example) supplying the stock exactly when they need it and it is them who are keeping levels relatively low.

Couple that with the usual problems and that is why.


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Originally Posted by Quinsfan

That may well be for the brands but the likes of Prestige and Pencarrie wouldn’t need to move stock back and forth through the WTO as they mainly sell to UK okay maybe Ireland but mainly UK. Or are you saying that Gildan, Fruit of the loom or AWD plus the others will not ship to the UK large quantities but the bare minimum just in case?


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All distributors keep stock of the main lines - Fruit of the Loom Valueweight, Gildan 5000 etc - but as Socialgiraffe said they rely on just in time delivery from the brands for the rest. UK isn't the main/only port of entry into the EU for most brands so it needs to be imported. From conversations I have had with suppliers regarding 'out of stock' lines they tend to get a couple of deliveries a week from the major brands - hence the '5 day availability' quantities they show on their websites.

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Originally Posted by pw66

All distributors keep stock of the main lines - Fruit of the Loom Valueweight, Gildan 5000 etc - but as Socialgiraffe said they rely on just in time delivery from the brands for the rest. UK isn't the main/only port of entry into the EU for most brands so it needs to be imported. From conversations I have had with suppliers regarding 'out of stock' lines they tend to get a couple of deliveries a week from the major brands - hence the '5 day availability' quantities they show on their websites.

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If that has always been the case then what is different? Not sure what you are saying.
Someone mentioned Brexit and Social also asks what is different.
You have said that the companies are only holding what they believe is necessary which, how I see it, is what they have always done.

Ralawise place an order with Gildan let’s say 1000 t shirts, Pencarrie order 1500 & Prestige 1800 plus some other firms place 2000 between them. 6300 total. Gildan send 6300 to the UK. Where is there stock to move? How would Brexit effect it as the stock comes from Asia, mainly, or if it is in a European warehouse already just send what is required as they most probably have done for ever and a day.
Maybe I am seeing this to basically and as economics, movement of stock is not my thing there are more complicated issues.


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Originally Posted by Quinsfan

If that has always been the case then what is different? Not sure what you are saying.
Someone mentioned Brexit and Social also asks what is different.
You have said that the companies are only holding what they believe is necessary which, how I see it, is what they have always done.

Ralawise place an order with Gildan let’s say 1000 t shirts, Pencarrie order 1500 & Prestige 1800 plus some other firms place 2000 between them. 6300 total. Gildan send 6300 to the UK. Where is there stock to move? How would Brexit effect it as the stock comes from Asia, mainly, or if it is in a European warehouse already just send what is required as they most probably have done for ever and a day.
Maybe I am seeing this to basically and as economics, movement of stock is not my thing there are more complicated issues.


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I decline to answer this any further, because it is going off topic, other than to say that we are potentially moving out of the worlds largest free trade area to become an independant nation ( again potentially ) to be subject to WTO rules. That means that garments will be subject to 12% tariff when moving into or out of the country - which will have cost implications for the suppliers if the stock is the wrong side of the border. That isn't an economic leap of faith, just a simple statement of logistics.

We will just have to except that not everything will be available on a 24hr before noon basis.