In this episodewe are talking all things fashion Manufacturing, Supply Chain and Retail with Jacqui Gray. Jacqui has been developing sourcing capability for international retailers for the last 15 years and has managed a network of several hundred suppliers for Tesco Sourcing and Shop Direct and managed the delivery of several $ billion dollars of goods at cost and many more billions at retail. She currently runs a team on the ground in China and Bangladesh and has a strong sourcing network in India, Myanmar, Cambodia, Vietnam, Turkey and Bulgaria.
What Jacqui does not know about clothing sourcing does not need to be known she has some impressive milestones in her career having built largest commercial sourcing hub within Tesco in Bangladesh and Pakistan as well having played a key role working with government, NGO’s Supplier Groups and Retailers to build a sustainable industry. Based out of Shanghai Jacqui shares her unique insight into the world of fashion.
The manufacturing industry in fashion has been entirely shut down over the past months and workers are slowly starting to come back to factories. As production gets underway Jacqui tells us about here experience of retail and consumers in China and what we can expect as European and US retailers start opening up. There are some interesting observations from and industry insider and there is aa sneak peak of social distancing fashion just at the end!
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