Department Stores manufacturing at Indies
Industries

Department Stores

One supplier across several buying offices — apparel, activewear and accessories consolidated into shared shipments and a single set of documents.

Typical products

  • Womenswear
  • Menswear
  • Activewear
  • Accessories
  • Gifting

Minimum order

500 pcs per style

Lead time

70–95 days

Consolidated logistics

Categories bought by different departments ship together. One booking, one bill of lading, one set of duty paperwork — freight cost per unit drops noticeably against splitting the same volume across three vendors.

Category-specific lines

Activewear runs on flatlock and bonding lines, tailoring on a fused-and-pressed line, accessories on dedicated cut-and-sew. Nothing is squeezed onto the wrong machinery to hit a date.

Range coherence

Colour is matched across categories against a single lab dip approval, so a navy tee and a navy jacket landing in the same story actually read as the same navy on the shop floor.

Also relevant

How a collection is made

Four stages, one accountable supply chain.

Every Indies programme follows the same route from first brief to loaded container — managed by a UK account team and produced on Indies-owned floors in India.

Brief & Costing
01

Brief & Costing

Tech packs, sketches or reference garments are costed by our London merchandising desk, typically within three business days.

Sampling
02

Sampling

Proto, fit and pre-production samples are made in our own sample rooms in 10–15 days, with lab dips approved before bulk dyeing.

Bulk Production
03

Bulk Production

Approved styles move onto dedicated lines — knitting, cutting, printing, embroidery, stitching and washing inside Indies facilities.

Quality & Export
04

Quality & Export

AQL 2.5 inspection, 100% needle and metal detection, retail-ready packing and FOB, CIF or DDP export documentation.