Notes from the studio
Notes on sourcing, making and the stories inside a brand. The who, when and why.
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SOURCING
Tariffs don't kill a sourcing plan. Guessing at them does.
The number on the news is a rate. The number that matters is what it does to your landed cost, and that's a different calculation entirely.
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SOURCING
The inspection nobody budgets for: what QC actually catches
The sample passed. That tells you almost nothing about the four hundred units behind it.
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SOURCING
The tech pack is the contract: what gets left out and paid for later
A vague tech pack feels like a shortcut. It's actually a bill nobody's written yet.
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TOURNAMENT
The prize table problem: sourcing for quantities nobody can give you
A gift order has one number. A prize table has ten, and none of them are final until the day of the event.
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SOURCING
Private label vs. white label: what a golf brand actually owns
Every brand asks which is cheaper. The real question is which one you're allowed to change.
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GIFTING
Corporate golf gifting at scale: what breaks when 40 becomes 400
A member-guest gift and a corporate outing gift solve two completely different problems. Most programs are built for the wrong one.
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Production
Private label golf apparel: what a factory actually needs from you before it needs your logo
Everyone shows up with a logo. Almost nobody shows up with a tech pack.