Apparel

Bloomberg Businessweek ran an interesting article a few days ago about the website Threadless and how they select which T-shirt designs to sell. I thought there were a couple ideas worth considering when working with promotional apparel.

If you're not familiar with Threadless, the site mixes standard online retail T-shirt vending with American Idol-esque voting.

Philadelphia-based Bodek and Rhodes, a leading wholesaler of imprintable activewear, was recently honored by Adventures in Advertising (AIA) in their annual Supplier Excellence awards, which recognize outstanding customer service, top-quality products and sales aids, on-time delivery and satisfactory problem resolution.

Ten companies under the Viet Nam National Textile and Garment Group (Vinatex) have made production expansion investments to meet increasing orders from foreign partners and rising domestic demand.

(PALM BEACH GARDENS/DENVER) - Tehama and IZOD G advance their innovation with the establishment of a new design team in Palm Springs, California.

Nicolas Premier--son of a French mother and Congolese father--took a trip to Africa in 2001 to get familiarized with his roots. Since then, this innovative photographer began producing paintings and photographs focused on the poverty in Africa.

New York Fashion Week is well under way, and the designers have pulled out all the stops to bring to audiences outstanding designs and shows.

Los Angeles-based apparel manufacturer Bella expanded its technical design team by hiring Suk Chang from American Apparel and Splendid as its head pattern maker.

Bodek and Rhodes, a leading wholesaler of imprintable activewear based out of Philadelphia, announced their partnership with apparel manufacturer Gildan for a month-long promotion giving a free Samsung HDTV away every business day in September.

The sales incentive runs through the month of September and offers a free Samsung 26” LCD HDTV to each day’s highest online total order of Gildan products from BodekandRhodes.com.

Rain coats, hair barrettes and jewelry seem harmless. But Consumer Reports magazine says a series of tests uncovered "worrisome levels" of potentially hazardous metals in such children's products currently on store shelves.

In its October 2010 issue, which hits newsstands Tuesday, the magazine says a metal-and-rhinestone hair barrette, a clover-shaped cell phone charm and a vinyl children's rain coat contained heavy metals.

Hipster brand American Apparel Inc. is in talks to bring in an outside restructuring firm as the manufacturer and retailer struggles to fix its flagging operations, sources told Reuters on Friday.

Lender Bank of America pressed American Apparel to hire the firm, a specialist in corporate turnarounds, according to people familiar with the matter.