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HOME TEXTILES CONSULTING & PRODUCT STRATEGY
ABOUT AVALON
A boutique consulting firm specializing in Home Textiles strategy, design, and product development.
Avalon supports companies aiming to strengthen their product vision, optimize collections, and accelerate business growth in the bedding and home textiles industry.
Our approach combines creative excellence with commercial intelligence to achieve performance-driven results.
We build long-term relationships based on trust, clarity, and respect.
TOP SERVICES
1. STRATEGIC CONSULTING FOR HOME TEXTILES
A high-level advisory service designed for brands seeking clarity, differentiation and commercial results.
Includes:
Category & brand diagnosis
Product line architecture
Consumer insights & sales behaviour analysis
Bestseller optimisation & collection efficiency
Strategic guidance for seasonal planning
Pricing and competitive analysis
Margin optimisation recommendations
2. BED LINEN & HOME TEXTILES PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
Includes
Creative direction & design guidelines
Textile design (prints, solids, textures)
Colour palette definition
Technical specifications
Material selection & fabric engineering
Prototype review & quality optimization
Pre-production approvals
Full development cycle for new or existing collections.
3.GLOBAL SOURCING & SUPPLY CHAIN GUIDANCE
Includes
Supplier assessment & matchmaking
Factory capability evaluations
Negotiation support
Development follow-up
Production risk assessment
Quality and compliance recommendations
For brands developing products abroad or wanting to enter Asia or Latin America sourcing markets.
ABOUT FOUNDER
Carla Avallone Basso
Founder & Lead Consultant
I am a Senior Textile Designer and Product Manager with two decades of end-to-end experience in the home textiles category—specialised in bed linen development, creative direction, sourcing and global manufacturing.
My work combines creativity with a strong commercial instinct: I analyse buyers, sales behaviour, margin drivers, production constraints and market positioning to create product lines that perform. I operate with a strategic, holistic approach: brand identity, aesthetics, pricing, storytelling, technical feasibility and profitability must all align.
My experience across Argentina, China, india, Pakistan and Brazil enables me to guide companies expanding into international supply chains or elevating their design, collections and business models.
Avalon exists to bring clarity, strategy and high-level product development to brands ready to grow.
KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
A data-driven perspective on two decades of expertise
19+ years leading design, development & sourcing in the home textiles industry
80+ complete collections designed (bed linen & home textiles)
+65% average growth across bestselling lines under my strategic redesign
+40% improvement in development efficiency for clients adopting my workflow
40+ supplier partnerships managed across China, India, Pakistan & Brazil
$30M+ accumulated annual turnover influenced through product strategy decisions
20+ years directing and training multidisciplinary design and product teams
WORKING METHOD
– THE AVALON APPROACH
A strategic and creative method to build commercially successful home textile collections.
1. Discovery & Diagnosis
Brand, consumer, pricing, capabilities, benchmarks.
2. Strategy Definition
Value proposition, positioning, product pillars, aesthetic direction.
3. Product Development
Design, materials, specs, prototypes & technical adjustments.
4. Validation
Sales projections, margin review, competitive verification.
5. Execution
Sourcing, approvals, production handover, follow-up.
6. Growth Optimization
Seasonal improvements, line evolution, bestseller strategy.
SELECTED WORK