Many Shanghai companies need custom corporate uniforms, but few high-volume garment factories actually operate inside the city. Most local vendors handle design, coordination, and account management, while production runs in Zhejiang or Jiangsu. That means connecting directly to a production-region factory typically removes a layer of markup.
Two sourcing paths
- Local vendor. Convenient for in-person coordination, but pricing usually includes design and management margin, and reorders route through the middleman.
- Factory-direct. Working straight with an owned factory in Yiwu gives more transparent pricing and more direct communication on fit and reorders — a good fit for buyers with some sourcing experience.
Does distance matter?
Shanghai to Yiwu is just over an hour by high-speed rail, and samples ship in one to two days. For the vast majority of uniform programs, approving a physical sample up front plus remote communication afterward is entirely sufficient — the supplier does not need to be in the same city.
GAZO is a B2B corporate uniform manufacturer in Yiwu, China, serving corporate clothing projects. Minimum order: 100 pieces. Samples are paid and dispatched within 15 days. Logo printing and embroidery are paid services. Send your department and role list for product-mix recommendations and a project quotation.