Minting Money from Disposable Fashion

In this 2012 interview, Padini Holdings Bhd Executive Director Chan Kwai Heng discusses:

- Padini - vision statement .. "to be the best fashion company ever”;
- Design - trend spotting - mechanics;
- Manufacturing - quality matters - outsourced - issues;
- Fashion - snobby - value chain - Vincci Plus - problems - issues;
- A&P - Branding - spend - typical ratio - trend details;
- A&P - spend avenues - effectiveness;
- Demand - sentiment - outlook;
- Store openings - rollouts - capex - staffing;
- Raw materials - Indian cotton ban - price outlook - volatility - buying forward;
- Inventory Levels;
- Competition - pros and cons;
- Dividend policy - net profit expectations - bullish outlook statement.