Abstract
The production in the Turk ready-made garment sector is mostly outsourced. This situation prevents the enterprises operating in the sector from reaching the desired profitability rate. For this reason, Turk ready-made garment enterprises that perform contract manufacturing should create their own brands and start producing branded products. In this study, it is aimed to create a model by determining the activities that the enterprises operating in the Turk ready-made garment sector should perform in order to create a brand. For this purpose, the interview technique was used within the scope of qualitative research method in the research. A three-stage process was adopted within the scope of the research method. In the first stage, an open-ended question form was created and 19 experts were asked about the activities that the ready-made garment enterprises in contract manufacturing should carry out in order to become a brand. In the second stage, the data obtained from the experts were subjected to content analysis, and a road map was tried to be revealed by determining the steps that the ready-made garment enterprises in contract manufacturing should follow in order to create their own brands. In the third stage, a model has been developed for ready-made garment enterprises to switch from contract manufacturing to branded product production. This model consists of 8 steps (making a branding decision, analyzing competitors, registering a brand, creating a collection, engaging in promotional activities, understanding the customers, training employees continuously, increasing customer loyalty).