In this episode I speak with John Condilis, who is one of the co-founders of Nobody Denim, an iconic a Melbourne based and family-owned fashion brand specialising in premium denim.

John and I talk about the three major turning points for their business since 1992 when they started a denim laundry. We talk about how they tackled these points of change within the fashion manufacturing industry, and how their business managed to not just survive but actually thrive through each of these points of change and come out even stronger, notably recent impacts from COVID were mitigated through the development of a new product line for masks and scrubs which has actually seen the team grow to over 80 employees, all based locally in Melbourne.  

Which ties in quite nicely to the next point which is the experience John shares about their ‘second turning point’ which was around the late 90s when increased tariffs were causing suppliers to close their doors and most of the competitors were going offshore for manufacturing. At this time, John and his team decided to bring manufacturing in house. John shares some incredible insights into his personal journey learning about lean and implementing this change in his business.

John shares how he has since gone on to make innovation and process improvement a fundamental aspect of the DNA at Nobody Denim and that the trick to it is all about communication and collaboration.

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For more information about Nobody Denim, please visit www.nobodydenim.com or check them out on Instagram @nobodydenim

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