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Pistola Denim Selects Inspectorio’s Quality Management Platform as Womenswear Brand Scales Production

LA-based womenswear brand strengthens customer promise to deliver superior products at sensible prices with Inspectorio

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Inspectorio, the leading AI-powered platform for quality, compliance, sustainability, and traceability, today announced that Pistola Denim will implement Inspectorio’s quality management platform to elevate and standardize product quality across its global supplier network.

Founded in 2013 by industry veterans Kevin and Grace Na, the Los Angeles-based womenswear brand has built a loyal following around its core promise to deliver luxury construction and fabrication at prices that make premium denim accessible to every woman.

According to EY’s 2025 Luxury Client Index, 65% of luxury apparel consumers rank quality of fabric as a top-five purchase driver, above price, exclusivity and brand heritage. This underscores why quality and consistency are paramount for brands like Pistola Denim, which was recently named to The Lead’s 2025 Foremost 50 list of the most innovative and fastest-growing brands in fashion.

“Pistola Denim has built a loyal following around our brand’s consistent fit, finish and durability, something that no competitor can match at our price points,” said Daryl Rosenberg, VP of global supply chain, Pistola Denim. “Inspectorio’s purpose-built quality management platform gives our teams and manufacturing partners one place to work from as we expand into full, ready-to-wear collections, so we can scale production without compromising on what our customers expect from the brand.”

Quality Management That Scales Alongside Brand Growth

Pistola Denim will roll out Inspectorio’s quality management platform across its global supplier network to proactively manage product inspections and quality performance:

  • Digital Inspections – With Inspectorio, Pistola Denim will standardize in-line and final inspections across its global supplier base, granting tight control and visibility across styles, factories and production stages.
  • Quality Performance Visibility – Real-time dashboards will monitor supplier quality performance and streamline corrective action management, leading to a consistent product experience for customers.
  • Enhanced Supplier Collaboration – Inspectorio’s digitized quality management platform enables close collaboration between the brand and its suppliers, ensuring internal teams and partners work off one source of accurate, real-time data.

This move reflects a broader shift underway across the premium apparel industry as the global premium denim market continues to expand, projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of nearly 5% through 2030.

“Brands like Pistola Denim face growing pressure to digitize quality operations and deliver consistency at scale without adding manual overhead,” said Chirag Patel, CEO, Inspectorio. “Our platform is uniquely positioned to help Pistola Denim do this while protecting its promise to consumers — a mission we’re proud to support.”

To learn more about how Inspectorio's AI-driven supply chain platform helps leading fashion and apparel brands scale without sacrificing product quality, visit www.inspectorio.com.

About Pistola Denim

Pistola is a Los Angeles-based womenswear brand founded in 2013 by Kevin and Grace Na. With over twenty years of experience in the apparel industry, Kevin and Grace were able to identify whitespace in the denim market. They aimed to offer high-quality pieces with luxury construction and fabrication at a lower price than their counterparts. With their extensive knowledge of the industry, they made their vision a reality.

Over the last decade, the brand has naturally evolved into new categories, offering everyday premium pieces with street-smart and utilitarian sensibility. Two things have remained consistent since the brand's inception – quality and ease. Pistola continues to produce clothing for a busy, modern, and city-dwelling woman who demands her clothing work as hard as she does. Evolution is in our DNA, but our mission to bring women superior products at sensible prices will never change.

About Inspectorio

Inspectorio is the leading AI-powered supply chain platform optimizing performance, building resilience, and providing intelligence across production chains for global brands, retailers, and their multi-tier suppliers.

Our innovative platform seamlessly connects and digitizes supply chain processes to optimize decision-making, while providing real-time visibility and control over production chain operations.

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Abby Nelson
Ketner Group Communications (for Inspectorio)
abby.nelson@ketnergroup.com

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Pistola Denim will implement Inspectorio's quality management platform to elevate and standardize product quality across its global supplier network.
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Abby Nelson
Ketner Group Communications (for Inspectorio)
abby.nelson@ketnergroup.com

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