Notes for buyers
Notes from the floor.
What we get asked in the showroom, written down. The buying calendar, size runs, what a fibre does on the shelf — the things worth knowing before an order rather than after one.
12 August 2026
When to book your winter woollens
The shops that sell out of cardigans in December are the ones that placed the order in August. Why the woollen calendar runs three months ahead of the weather.
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2 July 2026
How to read a size run before you order
A size run is not a list of sizes. It is a prediction about your customers, and getting the middle of it wrong is the most expensive mistake in wholesale buying.
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10 June 2026
Acrylic, blend, or pure wool
Three fibres, three quite different customers. What each one does on the shelf, in the wash, and at the price your buyer expects.
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15 May 2026
What a first wholesale order actually involves
If you have only ever bought from a distributor or a local market, buying direct from a wholesaler works differently. The shape of it, start to finish.
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