Apparel

A Utah company that only a year ago said it was hoping to help lead a rebirth of the American clothing manufacturing industry is out of business.

SanSegal Sportswear, a 35-year-old Sandy-based enterprise that made branded products for the Sundance Film Festival and other noteworthy customers that included the Smithsonian Institution and U.S. national parks, closed its doors late last week.

The reasons for the closure were unclear Thursday. Company owner Macon Rudick didn’t return messages left with one of the few remaining employees at its 75,000-square-foot plant in Sandy, where a year ago about 225 people worked.

The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) today released its ApparelStats 2012 report, a snapshot of the U.S. apparel industry market trends for 2011. ApparelStats 2012 examines business and trade information related to U.S. apparel consumption, production, employment, imports and retail prices.

Delta Apparel Inc. announced that the company will report its first fiscal quarter 2013 results on Thursday, October 25, 2012, after the market closes. The company will also hold a conference call with senior management to discuss the financial results at 4:30 p.m. EDT on October 25, 2012.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), in cooperation with the firm named below, announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.

On Oct. 12, 2012, Gildan Activewear Inc. was sued by Russell Brands LLC for trademark infringement and unfair competition. Russell Brands, a Fruit of the Loom affiliate, claimed that Gildan relabeled about $100,000 worth of Jerzees-brand clothing as Gildan product, then resold the items to customers. Yesterday Gildan

How to successfully target the college and 20-something crowd. Hint: You may have to ignore your instincts and put branding second.

Glenn Beck may be relying on the appeal of the blue-collar worker on his new 1791 Supply & Co. clothing website, but he might be hard-pressed to find many who could afford the $129 for a pair of “premium, ring-spun selvage denim” or $90 Western-style shirts.

The collection was inspired by Beck’s anger with Levi’s jeans for its ads featuring young people facing off against police, according to Women’s Wear Daily. In 1791 the Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution— and Beck wants American consumers to remember their founding fathers with their clothing choices.

First Warning Systems’ has developed a Breast Tissue Screening Bra that could be more effective than mammograms.

Almost like a continuous monitoring system, the bra measures cell temperature changes associated with blood vessel growth that feeds tumors. How effective is the pattern recognition software that helps to identify suspicious changes that could signal a developing tumor?

The people have spoken. After receiving a flood of complaints and a petition for removal, Gap has pulled a T-shirt reading “Manifest Destiny” from its shelves.

Resulting from part of a collaboration with GQ magazine, the black-and-white tee seemingly referred to the 19th century term used to justify westward expansion of the continental United States. Yesterday, Gap finally released a statement regarding this “historic mistake.”

Gildan Activewear Inc. is issuing a press release to explain the events which have given rise to a lawsuit filed on Oct. 12, 2012 by Russell Brands LLC, an affiliate of Fruit of the Loom, alleging trademark infringement and unfair competition.