Oct 28, 202626 min
In this episode, the hosts explore how product brands can adapt as fashion trends shift away from understated "quiet luxury" toward bold colors, expressive textures, and unique fabric pairings. They detail why sending...
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The Sourcing Gals
Hosted by Erin Souder and Jackie Hutson · business · EN-US
About this Podcast:
From idea to inventory 📦 Your trusted guides for sourcing, manufacturing, and scaling your product overseas. Hosted by industry experts Erin and Jackie, we help female founders launch product-based businesses without the overwhelm using our proven Smart Start Method™.Each week, we break down: ✦ Sourcing strategies that save you time and money ✦ Manufacturing insights from real-world experience ✦ Profit-boosting tactics for product brands ✦ Founder stories and unfiltered lessons learnedReady to Dig in Further? https://www.thesourcinggals.com/social
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What is The Sourcing Gals about?
From idea to inventory 📦 Your trusted guides for sourcing, manufacturing, and scaling your product overseas.
Who hosts The Sourcing Gals?
The Sourcing Gals is hosted by Erin Souder and Jackie Hutson. The show has published 84 episodes to date.
What has The Sourcing Gals covered recently?
Recent episodes include "Episode 84: How to Translate Emerging Fashion Trends into Product Development" (28 October 2026, 26 minutes), "Episode 83: Hire It Out or DIY: A Startup Founder's Guide" (21 October 2026, 42 minutes), and "Episode 82: We Built an AI Agent with Alibaba: Meet the Target Costing Coach" (15 October 2026, 29 minutes).
How often does The Sourcing Gals publish?
The Sourcing Gals publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 32 minutes across 84 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on The Sourcing Gals?
Booking probability for The Sourcing Gals is 32%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Sourcing Gals requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Sourcing Gals's contact route on record: public web form.
Who should pitch The Sourcing Gals?
The strongest fits for The Sourcing Gals are Jewelry, Toys & Sporting Goods. The Sourcing Gals has a business audience.
About the host
Erin Souder and Jackie Hutson hosts The Sourcing Gals, a business podcast with 84 episodes published.
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Recent episodes
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- Oct 21, 202642 min
Should you DIY everything to save money, or outsource it all because you don't know how? The Gals say the answer is usually somewhere in between. They walk through Amazon agencies, compliance, logistics, 3PLs, product...
- Oct 15, 202629 min
It's finally official. Jackie and Erin unveil their new partnership with Alibaba and Accio Work: a Sourcing Gals branded agent, the Target Costing Coach, built into the Accio platform (avatars and all). Accio invited a...
- Oct 7, 202626 min
What makes a product expensive, and what just makes it look expensive? The Gals break down real cost drivers across leather, t-shirts, footwear, sweaters, and small goods, plus the cheap details that read as premium and...
- Sep 30, 202638 min
You're doing the editing, the emails, the social posts, the store outreach... and the actual business is waiting. In this episode of The Sourcing Gals, Erin and Jackie break down how they built a team of offshore...
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- Sep 23, 202633 min
Recorded live from a hotel room in LA — on a tripod improvised from a roly suitcase, an upside-down trash can, and a loafer with a protein bar stuffed inside — Jackie and Erin break down every AI tool currently running...
- Sep 16, 202624 min
You landed the retail PO — congrats, now the real work starts. Erin and Jackie break down what's buried in the fine print (payment terms, marketing allowances, compliance, delivery windows, chargebacks, markdown...
- Sep 9, 202630 min
After years of talking about clients "in air quotes" without ever really explaining what they do day to day, Jackie and Erin finally pull back the curtain. They walk through every service The Sourcing Gals actually...
- Sep 2, 202626 min
Most product ideas start as a personal problem the founder needed solved — which is exactly what makes "design for your customer, not yourself" so hard to actually do. Erin and Jackie dig into the founder trap of...
- Aug 26, 202629 min
Your product is selling. The orders are coming in. So why does your bank account not show it? Erin and Jackie break down the retail math founders skip past in year one — the real difference between revenue and margin...
- Aug 19, 202624 min
We’re getting a little woo-woo on you in this episode. ✨ We’re talking manifestation, big dreams, trusting the universe, and what it actually looks like to work toward the things you want — even when you have absolutely...
- Aug 12, 202624 min
Erin and Jackie break down competitive patterning — the systematic, research-driven version of "comp shopping" that was basically their entire job as retail merchandising interns. They walk through how to actually do it...
- Aug 5, 202630 min
Erin and Jackie record their first episode from their new podcast studio and dig into the AI tool they say they use multiple times a week: Accio, an AI sourcing assistant built on top of Alibaba. They walk through...
- Jul 29, 202635 min
You finally get a quote from a factory... and then the sticker shock hits. The MOQ is higher than you expected. The price doesn't fit your margin. Now what? In this episode, Erin and Jackie answer a listener's question...
- Jul 22, 202634 min
Think more detail equals better samples? Think again. One of the biggest mistakes founders make during product development is overwhelming their factory with too much information too soon. While it feels like you're...
- Jul 15, 202639 min
Is China always the cheapest place to manufacture? Will factories steal your idea? Should you always order the minimum quantity? If you've spent any time researching manufacturing online, you've probably heard advice...
- Jul 8, 202640 min
Live selling isn't the future. It's already here. Fresh off three appearances on QVC—including one show where products sold at nearly $7,000 per minute —Jackie shares what she learned from selling live on national...
- Jul 1, 202637 min
Most founders think their next step is finding a manufacturer. It's usually not. In this episode, Erin and Jackie introduce LAUNCH —The Sourcing Gals' strategic planning framework that helps founders validate, position...
Episode #66
Episode 66: The Sourcing Crash Course: What We Wish Every Product Brand Knew About Sourcing
Jun 24, 202651 minWhat does it actually take to launch a product brand successfully? In this special live episode, Erin and Jackie teach a Founder Crash Course for the Columbus Fashion Alliance's Launch Lab program — a community helping...
- Jun 17, 202624 min
One of the most common things founders say is: "I just need to find a factory to make my prototype." But what if you're not actually ready for a prototype yet? In this episode, Erin and Jackie break down one of the...
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