CAPABILITIES
You bring the shelf. We handle everything behind it.
01
Development
Most programs start with a target: a price, a season, a slot on the planogram. Our design team works backwards from it — silhouettes, materials, print and packaging — and puts samples in front of you before anything is committed.
Original design and trend development in-house
Full customization of fabric, finish, colorway and packaging
Counter samples and pre-production approvals
Private label and exclusive programs
02
Sourcing
Thirty-five years of factory relationships across ten countries means a program goes to the maker who is right for it — not to whoever has capacity that month. It also means that when a tariff moves or a factory fills up, the program has somewhere to go.
Factories in China, Vietnam, India, Taiwan, Pakistan, Egypt, Bangladesh, Mexico, Indonesia and Malaysia
Costing and material sourcing to a set price point
Capacity planning against your delivery window
Custom sourcing for products we do not already carry
03
Production
Our own people sit between you and the factory floor for the length of the run. Problems get caught while they are still cheap to fix, and you hear about them from us rather than from your DC.
Fifty of our own people on the ground — 30 in China, 10 in Vietnam, 10 in India
In-line and final inspection
Audited factories; third-party testing to your protocol
Milestone reporting against the cargo-ready date
04
Delivery
We ship the way you buy. Domestic from our warehouses in New Jersey or California, FOB at origin, or delivered to your port of entry — routed through your system, documented correctly, inside the window you gave us.
Domestic, FOB and port-of-entry programs
Warehouses on both coasts — New Jersey and California
EDI-compliant; routing through your logistics portal
Labeling and packing to your vendor guide
Container and delivery tracking to the DC
Two ways to buy from us
Our arts-and-crafts brand, already on shelf at national retailers. A finished, tested, packaged line you can bring in by the item or by the planogram — no development lead time.
Private label
Your brand, our development. We design, source, test and pack to your identity and vendor guide, across all six categories — the same team and factories behind Artist Concepts.
Compliance and testing
Factory audits
Every factory we use carries current social-compliance audits and the certifications your retailer requires. Reports available on request.
The paperwork your onboarding team will ask for is already in place. We supply national mass, off-price and specialty retailers and work to each one's requirements.
Product testing
Third-party tested to each retailer's protocol — CPSIA, Prop 65, food-contact for kitchen, and category-specific standards as the item demands.
Retailer compliance
EDI-compliant. Routing through your logistics portal, labeling and packing to your vendor guide, documentation to your customs broker's standard.
Responsible sourcing
Traceable cotton
We trace cotton back to where it was grown, and keep the origin paperwork ready for your compliance team and US Customs.
We take responsibility for what goes into our products and where it comes from. Here is what we do about it.
Recycled and certified fibers
We work with recycled, organic and certified cotton and recycled polyester, and bring them into programs wherever they fit.
FSC or recycled paper
We choose FSC-certified or recycled paper and board for pads, kits and packaging.
Less plastic packaging
We are cutting plastic from our packaging, moving to paper-based and recycled-content materials.