Merino Wool Socks
Merino Wool Socks
Year-round merino boot socks in a 75% merino wool, 23% nylon and 2% elastane blend for men and women.
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One Stop Sourcing For Socks Gloves And Base Layers
Most brands end up with one factory for socks, another for gloves and a third for base layers, and then spend the season reconciling three quality standards and three shipping schedules. HICON manages a network of vetted long-term partner factories so that all of it runs through one development team and one QC protocol.
Stage By Stage
Every Step And The Problem It Removes
Each stage below exists because something goes wrong when it is skipped. The problem is stated first, then what we actually do about it.
Requirement Analysis
Categories, volumes and target prices are spread across different emails and different suppliers.
One brief covering every category, answered with which partner factory carries the right machinery for each and what is realistic at your volume.
Factory Selection
A factory that is excellent at socks is rarely any good at seamless knitting or shell construction.
We route each category to a partner factory already vetted for that technology, with social compliance status confirmed before work starts.
Development And Sampling
Sample rounds stall when a factory cannot read a technical pack in English.
Our team translates the pack into production terms, runs the sample rounds and reports back in one thread rather than three.
Material Certification
Recycled and responsible wool claims get rejected at compliance review because the material route was never certified.
GRS 4.0 and RWS 2.2 Intertek scope certificates are in place at Shanghai Hicon Industrial Co., Ltd, and the certified route is set before bulk yarn is booked.
Production
Problems found at final inspection are problems found too late.
A mandatory mid-term inspection happens while the line is still running, so corrections cost a day rather than a season.
Final Inspection
Factories inspecting their own output rarely fail themselves.
The final inspection is carried out by the HICON team before shipment, on every single order.
Consolidation And Shipping
Separate shipments from separate suppliers arrive at different times and break the merchandising plan.
Categories are consolidated into one shipment plan so the wall can be built as designed.
Post Season Review
The same defect returns next season because nothing was written down.
Findings feed back into the approved technical pack so the next run starts from what was learned.
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Products And Categories In This Program
Ski Socks
Merino Wool Ski Socks
Midweight over-the-calf merino ski socks with cushioning, arch support and reinforced heel and toe.
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Snow Gloves
Kids Snow Gloves
Fully waterproof five-finger kids snow gloves with thermal insulation, one-pull wrist buckle and a 2.5 inch knit cuff.
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Seamless Underwear
Seamless Sports Bra
Seamless double layer support bra with wide shoulder straps, racerback construction and removable pads.
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FAQ About One Stop Outdoor Accessory Sourcing
Do you own the factories?
No. HICON manages a network of long-term partner factories, all vetted and certified to BSCI, GRS and RWS standards. That is what lets us cover five product categories properly instead of one.
How many categories can you carry at once?
Performance socks, merino wool base layers, seamless sportswear, ski gloves and knitted headwear. Consolidating them is the point of the model.
Who is accountable if an order goes wrong?
HICON. The inspections are ours, the technical pack approval is ours, and the shipment plan is ours.
Run Your Next Program This Way
Send the category list and the season. We will map it onto the stages above and tell you where the risk actually sits.