Sourcing &
manufacturing.
An exclusive factory network built over decades, matched to your construction, quality tier and volume — and managed end to end.
Gordon Rush · The AustinPrograms of any scale, in the right factory for the job.
A global network of the best and most exclusive factories, built and vetted ourselves across Italy, Portugal and Asia — men's and women's. Because we produce our own brands in the same factories every season, partners inherit our relationships, our capacity and our purchasing weight — not a list of contacts.
What sourcing and manufacturing covers
Factory allocation
The right maker for the construction, the quality tier and the volume — vetted for finish quality, not just capability.
- Factory matching
- Capacity planning
- Audits and vetting
- Sample-room management
- Onboarding your specs
- Second-source strategy
Materials & components
Leathers, soles, lasts, hardware, packaging — sourced with the volume of the whole house behind the order.
- Tannery relationships
- Sole and outsole units
- Lasts and heels
- Hardware and trims
- Linings and footbeds
- Packaging and dust bags
Costing & compliance
FOB and landed costing to your target, plus the testing and paperwork that get a shoe into a department store.
- FOB / landed costing
- Cost-down engineering
- Material and product testing
- Retailer compliance
- Labeling and country of origin
- Duty classification
Production & QC
Timelines, in-line and final inspection, and the logistics to get the order from the factory door to yours.
- Production calendar
- In-line and final QC
- Freight and customs
- Warehousing and 3PL routing
- Retailer routing and EDI
- Replenishment
We are the customer in these factories, too.
A sourcing agent sells access. We sell the position we already hold: standing orders, known specs, sample rooms that answer the phone. When a partner's program runs through us, it runs alongside our own.
That is also why we say no to some briefs. If a factory cannot hit the quality your price implies, we will tell you before the first sample, not after the first delivery.
Start a projectNeed it made?
Tell us the construction, the quantity and the price. We will tell you where it should be made and what it will cost.