How women's programs differ
A women's sneaker program is not a men's range with smaller numbers. The size band shifts to EU 36-41, the grading across that band matters more because fit drives returns in women's channels, and the build weights skew lighter - slimmer uppers, lower-profile soles, more knit and mesh and fewer heavy leather panels. Buyers also plan color differently: women's assortments tend to carry a wider spread of color within the same number of cartons, which is a reason to be disciplined about what stock can and cannot do. This page sets out what the desk holds in the 36-41 band, how the grading works, and where the stock route hands over to OEM.
One planning note before the list: "women's" on the stock list is a size-run statement, not a separate catalog. The same 37 model codes cover casual sneakers and sandals, and a run at EU 36-41 serves a women's program, a teen program or an older-buyer program depending on the channel that sells it.
What the list carries in the 36-41 band
The sample lots that run in EU 36-41 are listed below with their colors and sizes exactly as the packing list shows them. Stock composition changes as cartons ship, so which codes carry 36-41 runs in a given week - and in which colors - is confirmed on the live list at RFQ.
| Style ref | Build | Colors on the list | Sizes |
|---|---|---|---|
| CH26 | Trail-style runner | black/white; light grey/black/green; grey/blue/black; white/grey; white/orange/black | EU 36-41 |
| 3300-1 | Rugged casual runner | black; black/white; grey/dark grey | EU 36-41 |
Read those two rows as style families rather than finished programs. The trail-style runner brings grip-pattern outsoles and a rugged upper into a slimmer build; the rugged casual runner is a straightforward everyday shape in core colors. Both pack 12 pairs per carton in a size run shown per color. If your channel needs a lighter court or leather casual in the 36-41 band, say so in the brief - the live list is longer than the sample lots shown on this site, and the desk confirms what is actually on hand when you send the request form.
Grading and fit across the band
The 36-41 band spans six size steps, and the same 1-2-3-3-2-1 logic that shapes cartons applies inside it: more pairs in the middle of the band, fewer at the ends. A carton holds 12 pairs in that run, and mixed models are allowed within a carton, which lets a women's program test two or three builds without deep positions in any of them. Because a women's size in one market maps only approximately to a US size, buyers planning assortments for US channels should work from the conversion table in the size chart - labeled approximate, with final grading confirmed on the spec sheet per program. The men's-to-women's offset has its own quirks, covered in the conversion note.
Fit is also where the lighter build earns its place. Knit and mesh uppers give at the forefoot, stiffer PU panels hold their shape, and the difference shows up in exchanges if the channel buys the wrong band. The desk's standing advice: confirm the size run against your actual sales data, not against a general chart, and keep one carton of the half-size-heavy sellers as a buffer before reordering.
A width note belongs here too. The stock list is graded on standard-width lasts; there is no wide-fit column to order from. For channels whose customers need more room, the honest choices are an OEM last on the OEM route or a knit-forward build whose upper gives a little at the forefoot - and the fit expectation should be set in the product copy before the first pair ships, not negotiated in the returns window afterwards.
What stock cannot do for a women's range
Honesty about the stock route's limits saves a season. Stock cannot grade a shoe to a women's-specific last - it sells the runs the packing list shows, graded as the factory grades them. It cannot carry a seasonal color plan, because warehouse depth sits in core colors that sell across many channels, not in the shades one channel is betting on. And it cannot promise continuity: a colorway that sells out this month may not return next month, which is why reorder plans are confirmed against the live list each time, not assumed. What stock does do, and well, is prove the families. Two or three mixed cartons across the 36-41 band tell a buyer which silhouettes their customers respond to, at what sizes and at what pace - evidence that turns the OEM conversation from a guess into a specification.
Stock or OEM for a women's range
Stock answers the speed question: builds that exist, in the 36-41 band, picked on confirmation and typically dispatching within days, minimums counted in cartons. OEM answers the brand question: a women's-specific last, a grading you control, colors chosen for your channel rather than inherited from a warehouse. Most women's ranges run both in sequence - stock proves which families sell, then the proven shape moves to OEM with the brand's labels and a women's-specific last. Typical OEM reference ranges for planning: samples about 15-30 days, bulk about 45-60 days after approval, longer before peak season, always confirmed in writing. The route comparison is set out in the range planning note and on the OEM page itself.
- Brief. State the band (36-41 or full 36-45), the builds you want, carton counts and your target date.
- Confirm the list. The desk returns the live list for the band, with colors and size runs per carton, in writing.
- Test. Mixed cartons across two or three builds; record sell-through by size, not just by style.
- Convert or reorder. Reorder what moves, or move the winner to an OEM program with your own labels and grading.
As with every category the desk covers, the designs are original generic builds only - no styles copying third-party brands, at any size. That line protects a women's program from customs seizure exactly as it protects any other.