Apparel

Hanesbrands Inc. announced its Hanes + Box Tops T-shirt Design Challenge, open to all participating Box Tops schools. Distributors are encouraged to its invite school customers to enter the contest.

Three people have been arrested after police busted a gang suspected of selling counterfeit T-shirts from a warehouse in east London.

The gang is suspected of earning £100,000 (approx. U.S. $152,000) by printing illegal merchandise bearing the names of rock bands such as Nirvana and Motorhead, along with pop acts Justin Bieber and One Direction.

City of London police found thousands of T-shirts, along with printing gear, logo molds, paint and other equipment when they raided the factory in east London.

A man and a woman were held at a nearby home, while another man was held at the factory.

Columbia Sportswear has revived a patent infringement complaint against a Poway, Calif. company, contending Seirus Innovative Accessories is using a Columbia-patented heat-reflective material without the Washington County-based company's permission.

The lawsuit is essentially a repeat of another case Columbia pursued about a year ago.

That case, however, was filed in a federal court in Washington state because Columbia could not prove Seirus products containing the disputed fabric were being sold in Oregon. In the lawsuit filed earlier this month in federal court in Portland, however, Columbia contends it has evidence Seirus products have been sold at several retailers in Oregon.

Charles River Apparel announced it has selected Boston-based 360 Public Relations as public relations and social media agency of record to promote the company's performance apparel for men, women and children. A third-generation family-owned and operated business, Charles River Apparel is looking to expand into new markets for its line of outerwear and other performance apparel.

Last September, in our fall issue of GQ Style, we introduced two new silhouettes we dubbed "The New Proportions." First, the oversized overcoat, which when worn with slim pants gives the outerwear a more dramatic (we might say epic) feel. Then we heralded the re-introduction of a baggier pair of pants.

In the world of men's style, this is big news, because eighteen months ago, loose-fitting trousers and giant overcoats were basically extinct. But what we showed is that, when paired with slim fitting clothes up top, relaxed-fit pants can create an easy-going but still absolutely put-together look that feels new and kinda cutting edge.

S&S Activewear recently announced the addition of Next Level Apparel and introduced Weatherproof Vintage to the promotional apparel industry. The new lines were unveiled at the ASI Orlando, PPAI Las Vegas and ISS Long Beach trade shows.

alphabroder recently announced the release of its Team 365 collection, the new, proprietary team-concept brand committed to providing teams—and those who coach, cheer and support them—with the best gear in the industry.

Staton Corporate & Casual announced it is offering a giveaway package for purchasing Gildan and Anvil products. The sweepstakes, called "It Could Happen to You," begins March 2.

Paula Schneider is less than two weeks into her tenure as CEO of American Apparel, but she's already set about correcting years of missteps by the clothing chain's infamous founder Dov Charney.

"We've made great progress literally in the last 10 days," she said, speaking to Forbes from the company's Los Angeles base following an introductory phone call with Wall Street on Tuesday.

Schneider's first priority: formalizing internal processes that had been rather more ad hoc under Charney, who was ousted in December after a misconduct investigation.

You know exactly what photo we are talking about—Michael Jordan, soaring in for a dunk, defying gravity with his legs spread and his arm over his head with the ball about to throw down a massive dunk.

You know it because it is the "jumpman" logo on the Jordan brand.

But that's the problem for a photographer who has filed a lawsuit against Nike—he says the shoe manufacturer didn't have the rights to use the image in that way.

From the Associated Press:

"Jacobus Rentmeester of New York City filed the lawsuit against Oregon-based Nike Inc. on Thursday..."