Transitioning your dye-sublimated uniform production from China to Karachi, Pakistan, offers significant advantages, including lower tariffs, reduced production costs, and access to a robust garment district with advanced technical fabrics. This shift requires careful planning to protect intellectual property (IP), enhance designs, manage supplier relationships, and calculate landed costs, especially with China’s eliminated de minimis tariff threshold as of May 2, 2025. Tonka Sports, with over 70 years of combined experience in sporting goods and private-label development, streamlines this process, ensuring cost-effective, high-quality production. This blog provides step-by-step instructions for moving your factory to Karachi, safeguarding designs, improving materials, navigating supplier conversations, comparing Karachi to Sialkot, Pakistan, and analyzing tariffs on performance sportswear, using a $15 jersey example, while highlighting why Karachi is the preferred choice with Tonka’s support.

Professional sports leagues, from lacrosse to hockey to soccer, operate in a highly competitive retail environment where fan engagement, brand loyalty, and revenue streams are critical to success. While licensing agreements with third-party manufacturers have traditionally been a go-to strategy for producing branded merchandise, private or white-label products offer a compelling alternative. By developing their own product lines, leagues can gain greater control, enhance margins, and build stronger retail partnerships without jeopardizing sponsorship relationships. Partnering with an experienced firm like Tonka Sports can streamline this process, delivering high-quality private-label products tailored to a league’s unique needs. This blog explores the advantages of private labeling over licensing, how it can outperform licensing fees in profitability, and how Tonka Sports supports leagues in achieving these goals.

Private labeling has become a powerful strategy for brands and retailers looking to stand out in the competitive sporting goods market. By offering unique, customized products under their own brand, companies can enhance customer loyalty, improve margins, and differentiate themselves from competitors. However, private labeling comes with challenges that can strain resources and distract from core business goals. Partnering with an experienced firm like Tonka Sports, with its expertise in sourcing, design, and supply chain management, can help brands overcome these hurdles and unlock the full potential of private-label products. This blog explores the advantages of private labeling, real-world examples, margin improvements, and the challenges involved.

How to Move Your Dye-Sublimated Uniform Factory from China to Pakistan with Tonka Sports

Transitioning your dye-sublimated uniform production from China to Pakistan offers significant advantages, including lower tariffs, reduced production costs, and access to Karachi’s robust garment district. This shift involves complex steps, from protecting your intellectual property (IP) to managing supplier relationships and calculating landed costs, particularly with recent changes in U.S. de minimis tariff rules impacting China. Tonka Sports, with over 70 years of combined experience in sporting goods and private-label development, streamlines this process, ensuring cost-effective, high-quality production. This blog provides step-by-step instructions for moving your factory, safeguarding designs, enhancing materials, navigating supplier conversations, and calculating landed costs versus Free on Board (FOB) pricing using a $15 jersey example, while highlighting Pakistan’s advantages with Tonka Sports’ support.

For factories in Asia and beyond, expanding into overseas markets like the United States offers immense opportunities to grow revenue, secure long-term contracts, and establish a foothold in the competitive sporting goods industry. However, managing direct relationships with overseas brands and retailers can be fraught with challenges, from communication barriers to missed opportunities due to a lack of market insight. Partnering with Tonka Sports, a full-service independent sales agency with over 70 years of combined experience in sporting goods, provides factories with a strategic ally to navigate these complexities. By leveraging our expertise in sourcing, private-label development, and market trends, factories can maximize efficiency, build lasting relationships, and unlock new business potential. This blog outlines the challenges of managing overseas relationships directly and demonstrates why partnering with Tonka Sports is the smarter choice for factories aiming to succeed in global markets.

Launching a private-label brand in a niche industry, such as specialized sports equipment or performance apparel, can be a game-changer for retailers and brands. It allows you to differentiate your offerings, build customer loyalty, and capture higher margins. However, introducing a private-label line can create tension with existing vendors, particularly those selling direct-to-consumer or through competing channels. By strategically managing these relationships, you can minimize conflict, align interests, and even gain vendor support. Partnering with an experienced firm like Tonka Sports, with expertise in sourcing, design, and supply chain management, can further streamline this process. This blog explores how to navigate vendor relationships when launching a private-label brand, addressing direct-selling vendors, strategic price points, and categories that complement rather than compete with your vendors’ offerings.