Updates and challenges of the work and uniform clothing markets
Tuesday, February 9, 2010, 2 :30-4 :00 P.M.
• Some key figures in the market : shapes, types of products, evolutions …
• Some trends in terms of production localization for France and nearby countries
• Uniforms and technical/high-technology fabrics : state of the art, current evolutions …
• The industry’s sustainable development approach : risks and challenges for all concerned players
• Between style/fashion and the needs of final users
• Production : what are the specific restrictions ? How to adapt to them ? Competences and skills to develop
Moderator:
•Hélène SARFATI-LEDUC, Chef de Projet Textile Fibre Citoyenne, Yamana
Speakers:
•Tarek BEL HAJ ALI, General Manager, Workman – Tunisia
•Alain CHANOIS, President, FACIM
•Jean-François KEIT, Co-Founder, Agence Keit, Paris
•Alexis KOUMBACHEFF, Program coordinator for Responsable Buying, French Defense Ministry, SGA-Mission Achats
•Marie LEFEBVRE, Doctoral candidate specializing in weaves for ballistic protection, ENSAIT a representative of the l’Union Française des Industries de l'Habillement (French Clothing Industries Union)
How to adapt your products’ sizes and comfort to a globalized market?
Wednesday, February 10, 2010, 2 :30-4 :00 P.M.
• Evolution of morphologies : the different IFTH (French Textile and Clothing Institute) measurement campaigns for men, women and children
- summary of completed campaigns : measuring methods and results
- how has this been taken into account by players in the market ?
- future campaigns
• Economic challenges linked to sizes and comfort for your brand or store
- better know your target client’s morphology in Europe, the United States and China
- adapt your sizes and clothing comfort to this globalized market to better cover emerging markets
- win client loyalty by offering them products whose sizes are adapted to current trends in fit
- the right practices for providing comfortable clothing : client comments
• What are operational solutions to adapt creation to new sizes and morphologies ?
- the importance of precise patterns, of communication between brands and their suppliers
- visualization
Speakers:
•Virginie BALL, Director of Finalizations - Pattern Manager, Pimkie Europe North West
•Ed GRIBBIN, Alvainsight Director (Consulting Division of Alvanon)
•Patrick ROBINET, Project Manager, IFTH
•Thierry MONCOUTIÉ, Product Manager, virtual patternmaking & prototypes, Lectra
•Corentin OUDET, Ingenieur R&D, Decathlon France.
