Sandton

Sandton active charts

Size-chart rebuild for an activewear social shop.

Sandton sizing brief

Size-chart rebuild for an activewear social shop. The supplier kept the shortlist tight and wrote pack notes before creative sprawled.

Work sat in Sandton, with Rosebank available for a second review when compliance or MOQ questions got sticky.

This job centred on rebuilding size charts for an activewear social studio working around Sandton. Load shedding cut into photo time and pack prep, so printed fit tables and offline image references stayed on the desk for checks when screens dropped.

Shortlist shape for activewear

Sandton desk workflow

The first pass dealt with which supplier options stayed in and which were cut before design spread into extra SKUs. After that, each approved item got measurement points, pack notes, and channel checks tied to the same working set.

Sandton decisions were written for Gauteng handling conditions, not vague national copy. Dry store conditions, courier hand-offs and buyer expectations around honest garment weights all affected how the chart and pack wording were set.

When questions moved beyond the main desk, Rosebank was kept open for a second review on compliance points or MOQ friction. The same notes fed buyer-facing copy so the fit story matched what fulfilment could actually support.

Repeat checks on this build

  • Shortlist signed before design.
  • Bust, waist and hip points aligned.
  • Lane map for fulfilment.
  • Pack notes matched the live size table.
  • Second review held for MOQ snags.

Typical faults in active charts

  • New colourways added without updated measurements.
  • Styled images implying a different garment fit.
  • Courier weights guessed before final packing.

Use these routes when comparing similar work: Channels for selling context, Playbooks for operating notes, and Brief a similar programme when the shortlist and timing are ready.

Pieces worth carrying forward

Holding creative until the shortlist was signed stopped unnecessary chart rewrites. Activewear pages get messy fast when fit claims are drafted before the supply lane is fixed.

Local notes for Sandton mattered more than generic national copy. Couriers and buyers both live somewhere specific.

Printed fit tables earned their place when load-shedding cut access to the shared drive. A marked-up hard copy beside the packing bench helped staff check measurements, variants, and labels without guessing.

Queries parked over a weekend were left on the contact form escalation path so a weekday owner could pick them up. That kept stray calls and half-answers from replacing the written pack record.

Figures watched on the desk

  • Final live SKU count after trims.
  • Packed weight bands by carton type.
  • Early return reasons tied to fit.
  • Courier class clashes during dispatch setup.
  • Days between chart sign-off and listing.

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SA notes from the brief

Power cuts interrupted at least one photo or pack window on most briefs like this. Offline checklists kept people moving.

Coastal humidity and Gauteng dry stores needed different pack lines even when the SKU list looked identical on a spreadsheet.

Takealot-class expectations around weight honesty showed up in buyer emails whether the channel was marketplace or wholesale.

We kept our contact form on the escalation path so weekend surprises had a weekday owner.

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