The manufacturing process for Kate Spade New York has drastically changed since the founding of the brand. In the earliest stages of the company, manufacturing was Kate and Andy spade working in their apartment on handbags only, bringing them to trade shows, and eventually making deals with department stores for pop-up series. In an interview with Ellyn Spragins, Kate and Andy revealed their initial process, “We were running our business out of our home, a loft in Tribeca. Workers would show up at six in the morning. We had so many boxes in our 1,800-square-foot loft during shipping time that we had a path from the bedroom to the bathroom” (Spragins, 2003, page 3). However buyouts from larger companies, manufacturing drastically changed. The most information I could find regarding manufacturing was during the company’s time under Liz Claiborne Inc. Liz Claiborne Inc. had specific manufacturing policies, however as the company changed, shifted and rebranded,
The following data provides information and trends about the suppliers and number of counties that Kate Spade & Company have factories in. They also depict the number of audits done in that year. The years selected are important as they represent different phases of the company’s history that could of …show more content…
At this point, the only remaining brand under the Kate Spade & Company was Kate Spade, as Lucky Brand Jeans and Juicy Couture had been sold the year prior. There were a total of 230 suppliers in 17 different countries. Li & Fung conducted 218 audits out of the 235 active factories, as well as 170 follow up audits. (Kate Spade & Company 2013,18 ). 2015: Kate Spade & Company were in their second year of operating completely as their own brand. There were 91 suppliers located in 12 countries. There were 86 active factories, 79 of which were audited by Li & Fung, and 76 follow up audits also occurred. (Kate Spade & Company 2015,
The following data provides information and trends about the suppliers and number of counties that Kate Spade & Company have factories in. They also depict the number of audits done in that year. The years selected are important as they represent different phases of the company’s history that could of …show more content…
At this point, the only remaining brand under the Kate Spade & Company was Kate Spade, as Lucky Brand Jeans and Juicy Couture had been sold the year prior. There were a total of 230 suppliers in 17 different countries. Li & Fung conducted 218 audits out of the 235 active factories, as well as 170 follow up audits. (Kate Spade & Company 2013,18 ). 2015: Kate Spade & Company were in their second year of operating completely as their own brand. There were 91 suppliers located in 12 countries. There were 86 active factories, 79 of which were audited by Li & Fung, and 76 follow up audits also occurred. (Kate Spade & Company 2015,