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    Apparel sourcing

Design Direct FZCO
Apparel Sourcing

About the company

Design Direct FZCO is a company, with registered office in Dubai Free Zone, UAE, trading in Readymade Garments sourced from factories in India and elsewhere.

We operate in Tirupur, India, the hub of readymade garment manufacturing for the international market. The nearest airport, located 30 km away, serves international buyers traveling to source products.

The promoter and director of the company, S.Srinivasan, has about 30 years of experience in the garment industry. Before founding Design Direct FZCO, S.Srinivasan was a director and sourcing head for India at Business Direct Limited, a Hong Kong-registered trading company.

Our dedicated and experienced team of quality controllers and merchandisers in the Tirupur office ensures all supply chain requirements are met. This includes pricing, factory identification, quality control, and complete follow-up until the handover at the port.

S.Srinivasan has traveled extensively, gaining comprehensive knowledge of the needs of various international markets and customers.

Our products

For men, ladies & children

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Our Products

For Men, Ladies, and Children

Knit Tee & Polos

Woven Twill Shorts & Pants

Joggers, Hoodies & Sweats

Woven Shirts

Woven/Knit Sets & Pyjamas

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Fabrics we use

Recycled Poly/Cotton & 100% Cotton
Jersey, Pique, Cotton/Elastane, Unbrushed & Brushed Fleece fabrics


Recycled Poly/Cotton
Woven Checks fabrics

100% Cotton
Woven Checks, Poplins, Twills, and Twill/Elastane fabrics

Polyester Moisture Management
Fabrics in Jersey, Waffle, and Surface Interest Knits

Our customers

  • Quiksilver, Billabong, Roxy Licensee
  • Import wholesalers in Europe, USA & Latin America
  • 3 Chain stores of Mr Price Group, South Africa, Milady’s, Mr Price & Sport
  • Aca Joe & Urban, South Africa
  • Farmers, New Zealand

Market opportunities

Currently, we supply approximately 1 million units to our customers.

Expansion Plans

We are foraying more into the UK, Europe, the USA & the South American markets within the next two years, as we already have some traction in these places.

Market Potential

The market potential in these regions is substantial for India due to the overflow of orders from Bangladeshand China.


Competitive Advantages

Identification of factories

Based on the product strengths unique to various parts of India, we have multiple factories in different parts of the subcontinent.


We have the flexibility to work directly through our partner factories too.

Flexibility to change factories

As against direct manufacturers, we have a wide basket of factories under us, all of whom are socially compliant as required by different buyers, if we find the WIP from a factory not satisfactory within a stipulated period from order placement, we have the flexibility to change the factory and still make the order within committed timelines.

Lead Time

We understand that lead time is the most important aspect in the fashion industry in order to adapt to changing trends. Once we understand the buyer’s systems of approval, our lead times are considerably shorter than Industry average.

Quality Control

With our team of quality controllers, we conduct internal inspections and send reports to buyers and ensure the standards are up to requirement of AQL levels of each buyer.

Pricing

Even though we are a trading company we offer prices as competitive or even better in some cases than direct manufacturers as we have an internal costing structure with which we work with our factories and ensure they reduce their merchandising and marketing margins they build into their cost structure, thus ensuring competitive pricing and also value-added services as mentioned above.

Transparency

We share our factory details to buyers who require them as we are confident of our capabilities and believe in a trust relationship. This way the buyer knows where his order is being processed and if all social criteria are met.

Get in touch

You can reach us via one of the following options.

Address

82/1, 3rd Street, Swarnapuri Hiland, 15 Velampalayam, Tirupur, India

Phone/WhatsApp

Email