Fashiondex: The Directory of Brand Name Apparel Manufacturers & Importers

Brand Names and Private Label in One Directory

Apparel is sold by label. A manufacturer may produce under its own brand names, import under licensed or owned labels, and run private label programs for retailers — three different businesses inside one company. The Directory of Brand Name Apparel Manufacturers and Importers is organized to show that structure: over 2,800 brand names listed, connecting each label to the manufacturer or importer behind it. For a retailer building an assortment, a sales representative evaluating lines, or a researcher mapping a category, starting from the brand name and working back to the company is usually the fastest route, because the brand name is the part of the business that is visible in the market.

What Each Listing Gives

The sourcebook includes the following information, if it is available: company address; telephone and fax numbers; email address; label names and line types; showroom and sales rep location; key company contact names; price points; RN number; whether they do private-label programs; and more. The RN number deserves a note: it is the registration number that identifies the company responsible for a product, and having it in the listing lets a researcher tie a label found on a garment back to this directory entry with confidence. Showroom and sales rep location tells a buyer where the line is actually presented, which is often a different city from the company's main address, and the private-label note identifies, before any approach, which manufacturers will produce goods under a retailer's own label.

Who Uses a Brand Name Directory

Retail buyers use it to find who stands behind a label they have seen selling, and to discover labels in a category they are expanding. Sales representatives use it to identify manufacturers whose lines might fit their territory and showroom. Manufacturers use it in both directions: to survey competing labels at their price point, and to find importers and partners. Private label work runs through it as well — a retailer developing its own label needs manufacturers that run private-label programs, and the directory flags them. In each case the value is the same connection this directory specializes in: from the name on the garment to the company, its contacts, its showroom and its terms of trade.

Labels Across Every Market

The directory covers brand names and private label manufacturers and importers of women's wear, men's wear and children's wear, plus accessories, in the US. Keeping the markets in one volume matters because many companies sell across them: a manufacturer listed for women's sportswear may also run a men's line and a children's label, and a buyer or representative who finds the company through one market can see the rest of its business in the same entry. The up-to-date, easy-to-use format is designed for that kind of desk work — look up a name, read the company's lines, contacts and price points, and move to the approach. Learn more about Fashiondex through the publisher link in the navigation on this page.

Checking Directory Data

Apparel Search does not maintain or own the directories described on this page; the information is provided so viewers can research and purchase fashion industry guides and directories more easily. Reliance on directory data should only be undertaken after an independent review of its accuracy, completeness, efficacy and timeliness.

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