How should wholesale garments be packed for long-distance transport to minimize damage?

Garment damage in transit is a significant cost — proper packing dramatically reduces damage rates. Best practices:

For individual pieces:

• Use individual polybags for each piece — prevents colour bleeding from one garment to another in transit
• Fold at natural seam lines — avoid folding through embroidery or print areas
• Tissue paper layer between embellished pieces

For catalog sets:

• Bundle each catalog set in a separate polybag before going into the master carton
• Master carton: double-wall corrugated cardboard (not single-wall) for anything over 5 kg
• Fill empty spaces in carton with paper or bubble wrap — movement inside boxes causes friction damage
• Mark carton: "FRAGILE — GARMENTS — DO NOT WET"

For heavy embroidered or beaded pieces:

• Wrap in tissue paper first, then polybag
• Do not stack heavy items directly on embroidered pieces
• Ship in rigid boxes (gift boxes) rather than polybags for highest-value items