Sourcing
Minimum order quantity, or MOQ, is the smallest number of units a factory or fabric mill will accept per order. For apparel brands, that single number decides which factories are even reachable. A 500-unit MOQ is routine for an established label. For a founder testing a first collection, it can…
Nearshoring to Mexico should be an easy call on paper. Apparel imports from Mexico carried just a 1.6 percent tariff rate in July 2025, thanks to USMCA. Meanwhile, many Asian suppliers faced rates several times higher. Despite that advantage, US apparel imports from Mexico grew by just 0.5 percent that…
