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Top 6 Activewear Trends and How to implement them in your brand

Top 6 Activewear Trends and How to implement them in your brand

By stuart brooke Nov 25, 2025

What are the trends for 2026 in sportswear fashion and how to integrate these into your activewear collection.

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How to Avoid the Pitfalls when Sourcing UK Sportswear Samples

How to Avoid the Pitfalls when Sourcing UK Sportswear Samples

By Ted Stanford Nov 18, 2025

We help sportswear startups avoid the simple pitfalls that they can easily fall into by cutting corners, using freelancers or finding the wrong factory.

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How to Import Sportswear Further to Brexit

How to Import Sportswear Further to Brexit

By Ted Stanford Nov 18, 2025

Sourcing sportswear is a minefield. We have a network of over 50 trusted sportswear factories built up since 1997 that produce the best activewear around.

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When is the Best Time to Start an Activewear Brand?

When is the Best Time to Start an Activewear Brand?

By Ted Stanford Nov 18, 2025

When should you launch your new startup sportswear brand. If you have a unique USP, then you need to launch now. Reach out for our support

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How the Best Sportswear Factories Were Effected by COVID

How the Best Sportswear Factories Were Effected by COVID

By Ted Stanford Nov 18, 2025

Coronavirus had a major impact on all of our lives and this virus also affected the manufacture and supply of sportswear across the globe.

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How to Create Great Sportswear Marketing

How to Create Great Sportswear Marketing

By Ted Stanford Nov 18, 2025

Blue Associates Sportswear now offers clients website development, SEO, PPC, social media platform creation and advertising, pacshots, photo shoots and videos.

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The Best Technical Sportswear Factories

The Best Technical Sportswear Factories

By Ted Stanford Nov 18, 2025

We have been sourcing technical performance sportswear since 1997, for some of the biggest sports brands and startups out there. 

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The Best Sportswear Design and Factory

The Best Sportswear Design and Factory

By Ted Stanford Nov 18, 2025

We offer our clients a full turnkey solution from branding, sportswear design, fabrics, samples, sourcing, production and post launch marketing support

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How to Find a Good UK Sportswear Factory

How to Find a Good UK Sportswear Factory

By Ted Stanford Nov 18, 2025

Finding a MADE IN BRITAIN or UK sportswear factory that creates quality products isn't easy. We have a solution for anyone looking for activewear factories

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6 Easy Mistakes to Avoid When Finding your Activewear Factory

6 Easy Mistakes to Avoid When Finding your Activewear Factory

By Ted Stanford Nov 18, 2025

You have your brand name trademarked, sportswear designs and tech packs in hand and you’re ready to start the process of finding the perfect activewear factory

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How to Create Amazing Sportswear? (Follow These 3 Tasks)

How to Create Amazing Sportswear? (Follow These 3 Tasks)

By Ted Stanford Nov 18, 2025

You have a great idea, found your niche but you now need to find a manufacturer that you can partner with to bring the products to life. Contact us...

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6 Simple Steps to Launch your Sportswear Brand

6 Simple Steps to Launch your Sportswear Brand

By Ted Stanford Nov 18, 2025

We support startup brands through the journey of launching. their sportswear brand, from design, samples, fabrics through to production

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The Best 6 Brand Building Strategies for Sportswear Start-Up

The Best 6 Brand Building Strategies for Sportswear Start-Up

By Ted Stanford Nov 18, 2025

These are some effective strategies that can help sportswear start-ups with their brand-building efforts. These strategies can really help. Contact us...

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How to Be Cool In Wool

How to Be Cool In Wool

By Ted Stanford Nov 18, 2025

Sportswear brands use Merino wool: because for them, the focus is all about creating the ultimate sports apparel.

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Never White Label Garments if you Want to Launch a Successful Sportswear Brand

Never White Label Garments if you Want to Launch a Successful Sportswear Brand

By Ted Stanford Nov 18, 2025

White Label sportswear isn't how you create a sportswear brand. The quality, attention to detail and performance isn't where you need it. to be to compete

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Creating an Activewear Film

Creating an Activewear Film

By Ted Stanford Nov 18, 2025

Launching your activewear brand into such a crowded market can seem pretty daunting. It’s therefore paramount you do this the right way

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Finding the Best Quality Sportswear Factory or Supplier

Finding the Best Quality Sportswear Factory or Supplier

By Ted Stanford Nov 18, 2025

Today I have received 2 phone calls from fledgling start-up sportswear brands that have both been duped by sportswear designers and suppliers

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The Best Ethical and Sustainable Sportswear Factory

The Best Ethical and Sustainable Sportswear Factory

By Ted Stanford Nov 18, 2025

Hands up if you’ve heard any of these phrases thrown about; ethical fashion; sustainable fashion; slow fashion. 

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How Much Does Quality Sportswear Actually Cost?

How Much Does Quality Sportswear Actually Cost?

By Ted Stanford Nov 18, 2025

Not sure how much it costs to buy sportswear directly from a factory. We work with startups that buy directly from our activewear factories 

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How to Find the Best Gymshark Factory

How to Find the Best Gymshark Factory

By Ted Stanford Nov 18, 2025

Looking for the factory that makes for Gymshark? Want to be the next Gymshark? We help startup gymwear brands find the best sportswear factories 

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How to Keep Sportswear Manufacturing Costs Low

How to Keep Sportswear Manufacturing Costs Low

By Ted Stanford Nov 18, 2025

How to keep the cost low when you develop sportswear with low MOQ's. Find the best sportswear factory that work with startups.

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How to Build a Great Sportswear Brand with a Small Budget

How to Build a Great Sportswear Brand with a Small Budget

By Ted Stanford Nov 18, 2025

Building a sportswear brand and growing organically is every startups dream. Your activewear should be KING and let your customers do the marketing

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Looking for the Best Quality Activewear Factory?

Looking for the Best Quality Activewear Factory?

By Ted Stanford Nov 18, 2025

If you are trying to source a technical sportswear factory that produces any of the above, then look no further. We have a solution for you.

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The Big Problem with Using Recycled Polyester in Sportswear

The Big Problem with Using Recycled Polyester in Sportswear

By Ted Stanford Nov 18, 2025

It looks like the plastic bottle is here to stay, despite publicity about bisphenol A and other chemicals that may leach into liquids inside the bottle.

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How to Find the Best Activewear Designer

How to Find the Best Activewear Designer

By Ted Stanford Nov 18, 2025

Finding a freelance sportswear designer is pretty simple but we think design is only part of the answer. contact us for your sportswear design.

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How to Find a Great Freelance Sportswear Designer?

How to Find a Great Freelance Sportswear Designer?

By Ted Stanford Nov 18, 2025

We have provided freelance sportswear designer services that also include development, prototyping, sourcing, production and marketing support since 1997.

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Recycled Polyester - How to Determine if its Any Good for Clothing.

Recycled Polyester - How to Determine if its Any Good for Clothing.

By Ted Stanford Nov 18, 2025

Garments branded as made from ‘Recycled Polyester’ are made from PET bottles (the ones filling up our oceans). We supply RPET sportswear

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Looking for the Best Sportswear Designer?

Looking for the Best Sportswear Designer?

By Ted Stanford Nov 18, 2025

We pick up lots of new clients that want to start up their new sportswear brand and have already gone through the design and tech pack process 

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How to Take the Best Sportswear Photography and Film

How to Take the Best Sportswear Photography and Film

By Ted Stanford Nov 18, 2025

It’s crucial your activewear brand stands out from the crowd and portrays a positive image to convince consumers about your USP and values 

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Sportswear Factory – Source Value for Money

Sportswear Factory – Source Value for Money

By Ted Stanford Nov 18, 2025

If you are looking for a factory to produce your performance sportswear, it’s critical you produce in a dedicated sportswear factory that specialises.

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Dramatic Increase in Shipping Rates and How to Navigate Them.

Dramatic Increase in Shipping Rates and How to Navigate Them.

By Ted Stanford Nov 18, 2025

Freight rates have skyrocketed from China over the last 6-8 months due to Covid-19 and Brexit.

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How to Make Sustainable Sportswear?

How to Make Sustainable Sportswear?

By Ted Stanford Nov 18, 2025

Sustainable sportswear manufacturers are requested a lot from our clients. We have several sustainable factories we work with on technical activewear.

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The Best UK Sportswear and Activewear Factory

The Best UK Sportswear and Activewear Factory

By Ted Stanford Nov 18, 2025

We have been producing performance sportswear since 1997 and work with some of the biggest and best sports brands through to entrepreneurs 

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How to to Launch a Sportswear Brand? (Make Sure You Know This First)

How to to Launch a Sportswear Brand? (Make Sure You Know This First)

By Ted Stanford Nov 18, 2025

We work with many entrepreneurs and brands who have worked hard to be able to launch their brand and stand out from the crowd.

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How to Find a Reliable and Trustworthy Sportswear Factory?

How to Find a Reliable and Trustworthy Sportswear Factory?

By Ted Stanford Nov 18, 2025

The world is full of sportswear suppliers, some are excellent, some are fine but a lot terrible. So how do you find a reliable and trustworthy sportswear factory?

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Where is the Best Place to Produce Sportswear?

Where is the Best Place to Produce Sportswear?

By Ted Stanford Nov 18, 2025

There are 1,000’s of sportswear and activewear factories around the world, so where should you place your sportswear production? Which factory is right for you?

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