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Sustainable Sportswear - Some of the Best Fabrics To Use

Sustainable Sportswear - Some of the Best Fabrics To Use

By Ted Stanford Nov 18, 2025

Merino wool is the perfect sportswear material, keeping wearers cool by regulating temperature unlike polyester that simply heats you up.

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5 Great Tips To Start Your Own Activewear Brand

5 Great Tips To Start Your Own Activewear Brand

By Ted Stanford Nov 18, 2025

If you are thinking of launching your own activewear brand, get in touch now to see how we can help form part of your team.

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How to Find the Best Investment for your Start-Up.

How to Find the Best Investment for your Start-Up.

By Ted Stanford Nov 18, 2025

We work with lots of entrepreneurs that have a great idea but a limited budget to launch and get their brand to market.

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How to Find a Freelance Sportswear and Activewear Designer

How to Find a Freelance Sportswear and Activewear Designer

By Ted Stanford Nov 18, 2025

Are you looking for a freelance sportswear designer? Do you have a new idea or concept within the activewear or performance sportswear market 

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We Design, Develop, Source and Produce the Best High-Performance Sportswear

We Design, Develop, Source and Produce the Best High-Performance Sportswear

By Ted Stanford Nov 18, 2025

Established in 1997 we have been designing, developing, sourcing and marketing high-performance sportswear for blue-chip sports clothing brands 

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How to Launch a Brand Successfully

How to Launch a Brand Successfully

By Ted Stanford Nov 18, 2025

Launching a brand isn’t easy. For it to succeed, everything must be spot on and at every touchpoint a potential consumer sees needs to align

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Sportswear Sourcing – Make Sure You Ask the Right Questions.

Sportswear Sourcing – Make Sure You Ask the Right Questions.

By Ted Stanford Nov 18, 2025

 When you are putting everything into your collection, there is no room for any error that can jeopardise your success. Tech packs are crucial to accurate samples

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How to Find the Best Sportswear Fabrics

How to Find the Best Sportswear Fabrics

By Ted Stanford Nov 18, 2025

Sportswear fabrics are the key ingredient to the performance of any active or sportswear garment. Find the best blend using our guides

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Starting up a Sportswear Brand – 5 Simple Mistakes to Avoid

Starting up a Sportswear Brand – 5 Simple Mistakes to Avoid

By Ted Stanford Nov 17, 2025

The 5 biggest mistakes startups make when launching their sportswear brand. Read what to avoid when starting up your sportswear brand.

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3 Great Ways to Get Your Clothing Brand Seen this Season

3 Great Ways to Get Your Clothing Brand Seen this Season

By Ted Stanford Nov 17, 2025

The best ways to launch your sportswear brand this season. Follow these 3 concepts to make sure you have the best chance of success.

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How to Find the Best Sportswear Factory

How to Find the Best Sportswear Factory

By Ted Stanford Nov 17, 2025

How to find the best sportswear factory?  We have a network of over 50 premium quality activewear factories and sportswear manufacturers around the world.

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How to Create a Great Brand and Not Logo’s Stuff?

How to Create a Great Brand and Not Logo’s Stuff?

By Ted Stanford Nov 17, 2025

White label sportswear isn't how you should launch a professional sportswear brand. If you want to succeed, then create quality sportswear.

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A Guide to the Best Sustainable Garment Labels and Trims

A Guide to the Best Sustainable Garment Labels and Trims

By Ted Stanford Nov 17, 2025

Garment labels and trims using sustainable materials is key to launching your range of sustainable sportswear. Contact us for more sustainable options

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How to find the Best Sportswear Factory?

How to find the Best Sportswear Factory?

By Ted Stanford Nov 17, 2025

Find the best sportswear factory by contacting us to discuss your needs, we have a network of trusted sportswear factories since we established in 1997

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Squat Proof Leggings – How to Find the Right Sportswear Factory

Squat Proof Leggings – How to Find the Right Sportswear Factory

By Ted Stanford Nov 17, 2025

Looking for squat proof leggings? Trying to find the right factory to produce great squat proof leggings? Contact us for squat proof leggings with low MOQ

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How to Avoid Mistakes from Using a Freelance Bag Designer

How to Avoid Mistakes from Using a Freelance Bag Designer

By Ted Stanford Nov 17, 2025

Looking to produce a range of bags, rucksacks, luggage or sports accessories, then you will need to start with a good design that you can develop into samples.

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How to Find the Best Rucksack and Sports Bag Factory

How to Find the Best Rucksack and Sports Bag Factory

By Ted Stanford Nov 17, 2025

If you are looking to produce rucksacks, luggage or sports bags, then finding a suitable, quality bag factory and supplier is tough going.

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How to Find the Best Name for your Sportswear Brand

How to Find the Best Name for your Sportswear Brand

By Ted Stanford Nov 17, 2025

How to create a brand name and logo for an activewear start up is critical to the success of the business. We help start-ups create brand identity.

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How to Start-up a Leading Sportswear Brand

How to Start-up a Leading Sportswear Brand

By Ted Stanford Nov 17, 2025

How to start a sportswear brand? This guide shows you the process to make sure you launch your activewear brand successfully and find the best supplier.

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How to Make Sustainable Sportswear

How to Make Sustainable Sportswear

By Ted Stanford Nov 17, 2025

How to make sustainable sportswear has never been easier with our guide on sustainable and biodegradable performance fabrics and trims. 

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7 Key Steps on How to Launch Your Own Bag and Accessories Brand

7 Key Steps on How to Launch Your Own Bag and Accessories Brand

By Ted Stanford Nov 17, 2025

Want to launch a bag brand? We help start-up brands design and sample sport brands and accessories and guide them through the production process.

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How to Create your own Brand Logo – The All Important Steps

How to Create your own Brand Logo – The All Important Steps

By Ted Stanford Nov 17, 2025

How to design a brand logo and identity is one of the hardest things to do when creating your new startup brand. We help our clients design their logo and...

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The Best Terms Used in Fashion Design

The Best Terms Used in Fashion Design

By Ted Stanford Nov 17, 2025

MOQ, Grading, Tech Packs, Specifications, CMT. What do these terms mean and how to navigate them for your sportswear brand.

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How to Select the Right Sportswear Designer and Factory

How to Select the Right Sportswear Designer and Factory

By Ted Stanford Nov 17, 2025

How to find a sportswear designer isn't easy. Freelancers don't manage production so avoid anyone without production and factory knowledge. We do.

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How to Use these 5 Points to Create your Start-Up Brand

How to Use these 5 Points to Create your Start-Up Brand

By Ted Stanford Nov 17, 2025

How to launch a sportswear brand needs focus and dedication. Follow these top 5 tips to make sure your startup launches well.

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How to Launch Your Activewear Brand – Marketing Strategy

How to Launch Your Activewear Brand – Marketing Strategy

By Ted Stanford Nov 17, 2025

The best marketing strategy for activewear brands should follow these simple points. Creating the best marketing for activewear is key to success.

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The Best Sportswear Start-Up Guide

The Best Sportswear Start-Up Guide

By Ted Stanford Nov 17, 2025

Starting your own sportswear or activewear brand? Our Sportswear StartUp Pack provides key information that all entrepreneurs should follow.

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How Much Does it Cost to Launch a Great Sportswear Brand?

How Much Does it Cost to Launch a Great Sportswear Brand?

By Ted Stanford Nov 17, 2025

Understanding the costs to launch a fashion brand is important. this guide provides key information about the costs of starting up a sportswear or fashion business

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The Ultimate Sportswear Design and Production One Stop Shop

The Ultimate Sportswear Design and Production One Stop Shop

By Ted Stanford Nov 17, 2025

Blue Associates Sportswear is the only one stop consultancy that offers a complete top to tail package for start-up sports businesses wanting to launch their brand.

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How to Create Quality Recycled Polyester Sportswear

How to Create Quality Recycled Polyester Sportswear

By Ted Stanford Nov 17, 2025

Recycles polyester and econyl sportswear is becoming a popular choice for sportswear brands that want to produce sustainable activewear 

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How to do Sportswear Marketing Properly

How to do Sportswear Marketing Properly

By Ted Stanford Nov 17, 2025

Looking for a marketing strategy to promote your brand. Contact Blue Associates Sportswear now so more information on how to market your activewear

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A Great Year That Saw us Grow 300%

A Great Year That Saw us Grow 300%

By Ted Stanford Nov 17, 2025

The last 12 months have been manic, not only dealing with covid, lockdowns, team isolating, working from home, Zoom and Google Meets 

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We LOVE International Dog Day

We LOVE International Dog Day

By Ted Stanford Nov 17, 2025

Harper is our Studio dog and comes to work every day. Her contribution isn’t much to applaud based on the amount of snooze breaks she has.

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The Ultimate Guide to the Best Sustainable Sportswear Fabrics

The Ultimate Guide to the Best Sustainable Sportswear Fabrics

By Ted Stanford Nov 17, 2025

Sustainability has become the buzzword within the activewear sector as the world wakes up to the damage synthetic fibres are doing to our planet.

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3 Peak Challenge – What Can Go Wrong?

3 Peak Challenge – What Can Go Wrong?

By Ted Stanford Nov 17, 2025

3 weeks ago, while enjoying a beer or two on holiday, I decided I would join 8 other guys for what sounded like a simple stroll over 3 hills one...

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The Importance of Writing Great Blogs – Improving your Google Ranking

The Importance of Writing Great Blogs – Improving your Google Ranking

By Ted Stanford Nov 17, 2025

Writing regular blogs may seem a daunting task, with writer’s block and a lack of inspiration often getting in the way along with finding the time.

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Check out our Start-Up Packs

These guides have been created to help entrepreneurs navigate the most common issue when launching a sportswear brand.