Home textile production for Sweden
LIFA coordinated dye-lot controls for a Swedish textile program, eliminating visible lot mismatch across three collections and reducing markdowns.
- The buyer
- A Stockholm, Sweden interior and home-textiles retailer with 45 stores and e-commerce.
- The product scope
- Home textiles; bedding, curtains, and upholstery fabrics; 3 seasonal collections, 900,000 meters. Program value $2.9M.
What needed to change?
Seasonal color consistency failed in the prior year; two dye lots clashed visibly on shelves, driving 11% markdowns.
How LIFA managed the work
We consolidated fabric production into 2 mills with controlled dye houses.
We implemented dye-lot management: standard reference, lot-to-lot tolerance, and greige buffer.
We ran wash-fastness and shrinkage testing per collection.
We staged collection deliveries to the retail calendar.
Zero visible lot mismatch across all 3 collections; markdowns on textiles fell to 3.4%; sell-through reached 91%; the program renewed at $3.4M.
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What this project shows
Use a shared color reference and defined lot-to-lot tolerance. Greige stock and collection testing supported consistency through seasonal production.
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