Comments on: Quality quiz

By: Selling to department stores pt.1

Selling to department stores pt.1 — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:12:44 +0000

[...] someone in mind. Unless you’re doing bridge, I have a better suggestion. For example, in my quality quiz, I asked which of these stores (Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom’s, JC Penney’s) had the best and most [...]

By: Robyn

Robyn — Wed, 03 May 2006 19:18:03 +0000

I recently worked with a company who did a program for Penneys, it was one of the toughest we had ever had, from approval process to shipping, it was so detailed. I had my pattern approved on the 1st fitting, the salesperson said that they had never seen that ever happen.

By: Jinjer Markley

Jinjer Markley — Sat, 29 Apr 2006 17:55:43 +0000

Esther,

this would be a great thread to start on the discussion forum. Maybe in “discuss blog topics.” I’d be interested in hearing more.

By: Thomas Cunningham

Thomas Cunningham — Sat, 29 Apr 2006 17:18:56 +0000

I saw an old (1980 or 19990s) consumer reports story that judged men’s suits on quality of manufacturing in a blind test — according to that story, Penney’s had the best-made suit in the U.S. — better than all the “top-end” manufacturers selling (at the time) for hundeds of dollars more.

By: Esther

Esther — Sat, 29 Apr 2006 16:51:38 +0000

I have worked with JCPenney technical designers as part of a private label program. It was intense but worth it! And since I worked on private label programs for other companies, JCP’s program was the most intelligent and comprehensive. The day the quality auditor comes in is stressful because they have the power to literal cancel or hold an order!

Unfortunately I no longer have access to the JCPenney quality manual. I will say I did incorporate many of their quality standards into my own work. The approval process was rigorous and expensive.

Other companies, like Wal-mart or Kmart tried to mimic JCP, but they weren’t quite there. Their fitting standards were a little strange and some quality control standards were extreme.

I would be happy to provide more details for those interested.

By: Judith

Judith — Sat, 29 Apr 2006 07:04:43 +0000

I wore Palmettos jeans in the 80’s I loved them.

By: christy fisher

christy fisher — Sat, 29 Apr 2006 04:24:24 +0000

I was a line worker (in the early 80s) for 2 manufacturing companies that did work for Penney’s: Coqui Manufacturing (they did the Palmettos line) and Tropical Garment Manufacturing (They did mens)-both in Tampa Florida.
They ran a tight ship back then and took no slack in QC.
It was a great experience. If anyone out there is down in the Tampa area, perhaps they can find an “in” to the compliance info.