Special Episode: Abbie Small on the Future of the Big 4 Sewing Pattern Brands
In this podcast interview, Abbie Small explains the management buyout, with Rubelmann Capital, of the Big 4 sewing pattern brands.
The Big 4 Sewing Pattern Brands Have Been Sold
The Big 4 legacy sewing pattern brands have been sold to Rubelmann Capital in partnership with existing management and led by Abbie Small.
Update on the Potential Fate of the Big 4 Sewing Pattern Brands
Design Group Americas (DGA), parent company of the Big 4 sewing pattern brands, announced on Friday that it has voluntarily filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
McCalls Printing Plant to Close By the End of the Year
The McCalls printing plant in Manhattan, Kansas, will shut down at the end of 2021. The plant, currently employs 85 people and prints and folds sewing pattern tissue.
CSS Industries, Including Big 4 Pattern Companies, Acquired by Design Group
CSS Industries, the company that owns the Big 4 sewing pattern brands (Simplicity, McCall’s, Vogue, and Butterick) has announced that it is being acquired by Design Group.
McCall’s Simplicity Merger Points to the Market Impact of Independent Sewing Pattern Companies
The home sewing industry is sorely lacking in good longitudinal data. The Association for Creative Industries does a survey every few years about the crafts industry as a whole, and Quilts, Inc. does the same for quilting but granular data about the sewing pattern market is very hard to come by. This makes it hard to know how the industry is changing.
Those of us who are involved in the sewing community know that over the past 10-15 years independent sewing pattern designers have poured onto the scene, many of them creating thriving businesses with lots of momentum. This year, I think we’re seeing hard evidence of their impact on the industry for the first time.
Podcast Episode #88: MimiG
On today’s episode of the Craft Industry Alliance podcast, we’re talking about building a business in fashion sewing with my guest Mimi Goodwin, whom you might know as MimiG. Mimi […]