Fashion – a growing customer segment
Fashion is one of Elanders’ largest customer segments. Within this area the Group offers global supply chain management services adapted to the needs of all types of customers. From new, smaller brands all the way up to well-established giants present in most consumers’ wardrobes.
20
sites
operations globally
(FY 2023)
490
thousand
m2 in total floor area at facilities within the Group
(FY 2023)
28
percent
of Elanders’ total sales
(FY 2023)
Suitable solutions for all customers
The Fashion customer segment includes not only clothes, but also accessories, perfumes and other lifestyle items. A common characteristic for the fashion industry is a fast pace, with several new collections in a year. A logistics partner must keep up with the speed of the industry, be able to handle extremely fluctuating volumes and make sure that the right goods are available in stores and ready for online orders at the right time. The end customer’s experience must always be excellent when it comes to service and speed of delivery.
Today, Elanders offers different concepts for different types of clients within the world of fashion, catering to their various needs. Small to medium-sized businesses are offered highly standardized third-party logistics concepts that can easily be integrated in their own systems, which enables them to quickly access different markets, wherever they are located in the world. At the same time, the Group also offers more complex concepts for mature brands that crave more customization and flexibility from their logistics partner, in order to achieve desired scalability and flexibility.
No matter the type of concept, the great advantage clients get from Elanders is that they can focus on their core business: designing clothes (or other fashion items) and handling the manufacturing and sales. Meanwhile they keep one point of contact and one integration for their global fulfillment needs. Elanders is a reliable partner providing high quality and smoothly functioning processes, as well as a keen ear for customer needs and the option of different kinds of value-added services.
Trends within Fashion
There is an ongoing development away from traditional retail sales to a growing share of online shopping. Thanks to, among other things, cutting-edge IT solutions and a wide range of value-added services, Elanders is responding to the need that many clients have of a logistics partner that can take extensive and comprehensive responsibility and be integrated in their business operations. At the same time, handling of returns, recycling and reuse is becoming an ever more important part of the supply chain as e-commerce grows further.
Elanders in the customers value chain
