Nearshoring Fashion: Smart, Sustainable, Scalable

Strategy, partner selection, and trend alignment

Collection of branding and marketing materials for a sportswear or athletic brand, including logos, product images, and promotional content.

What nearshoring means for fashion

Partner assessment and compliance

Trends tracked (domestic production, sustainable fabrics, modular design)

Business outcomes (lead times, quality, brand trust).

RRIVET

  • Identify nearshoring factories and collaborate with a domestic factory with waterless technologies for customizable options for teams

  • Product design, UX concepting, business concept development

    Responsibilities: supplier scouting, design-to-production process, pricing strategy, customization platform concept

  • Nearshored with a domestic factory and customizable options for teams

    Information Architecture, User research, competitive analysis, wireframing, and high-fidelity user interaction

My ROLE

Product design, UX concepting, business concept development

Responsibilities: supplier scouting, design-to-production process, pricing strategy, customization platform concept

Research → Strategy → Design → Production/Branding → Validation → Handoff

Problem / Opportunity

Teams needed affordable, durable, transparent options; nearshoring reduces lead times and emissions

HOW IT WORKs

(Customization Flow)

 Step-by-step (1–5)

  1) Choose base uniform

  2) Select team colors and logo placement

  3) Add name/number customization

  4) Review pricing and lead times

  5) Place order

Impact & Benefits

Faster delivery

Transparent sustainability

Local job support

Scalable customization

 

RRIVET — Sustainable Uniforms (Nearshored)

A person wearing yellow Nike soccer cleats and gray socks standing on green grass next to a Nike soccer ball.

Nearshoring.

RRIVET

Pattern pieces for a cycling jersey laid out on a surface, including fabric pieces and a main jersey front panel with a logo and design elements.