Apparel

Tolland, Connecticut-based Gerber Technology, a business unit of Gerber Scientific Inc. and a world leader in automated CAD/CAM and product lifecycle management (PLM) solutions for the apparel and flexible materials industry, will sponsor a customer case study presentation featuring the Seattle-based golf and sportswear company Cutter & Buck at the March 23 Apparel Tech Conference West in Los Angeles. The session, entitled “24/7 Global Operations: Supply Chain & PLM--A Customer Case Study”, will be presented by Bobbie Jo Foster, business systems manager for Cutter & Buck’s Product Group in Seattle.

G-III Apparel Group Ltd., New York, announced it will release its fourth quarter and full-year fiscal 2010 earnings on Thursday, March 25, 2010 before the market opens. A conference call to discuss results will be held at 8:30 a.m. E.T. that same day.

Seattle-based SanMar, a leading supplier of imprintable apparel and accessories, has expanded its next-day service to include all of Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi, as well as regions of Alabama and Utah.

Broder Bros. Co, Trevose, Pa., announced it will conduct a conference call on March 26, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. E.T. to discuss its fourth quarter 2009 financial results. Thomas Myers, chief executive officer, and Martin Matthews, chief financial officer, will participate in the call.

The Women's Bamboo 2-color Pique Polo is 50 percent pima cotton, 35 percent bamboo and 15 percent combed cotton. It has a two-color pique body, self goods collar, open V-neckline and hemmed sleeves. It also features a single-needle top-stitching and even hem bottom with tailored side vents.

Hanes Imagewear, Winston-Salem, N.C., announced it is transitioning its Hanes Beefy-T T-shirt to a tag-free neck label during 2010. Now celebrating its 35th year, the Hanes Beefy-T T-shirt is the industry’s leading premium T-shirt and one of the best-known tees within the decorated apparel industry.

Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation, New York announced a definitive agreement for PVH to acquire Tommy Hilfiger B.V., which is controlled by funds affiliated with Apax Partners L.P., for total consideration of EUR 2.2 billion (approximately $3.0 billion) plus the assumption of EUR 100 million in liabilities.

Bodek and Rhodes, Philadelphia, a leading wholesaler of imprintable activewear, announced it developed a virtual studio for design-to-print artwork creation. The Apparel Design Studio, exclusively for Bodek and Rhodes customers, is the very first system to act as both a marketing tool and a design tool.

Independence, Missouri-based Dunbrooke announced Diane Leslie has joined the Dunbrooke team. Leslie has more than 20 years of promotional products sales experience with companies including PaperMate, Souvenir Group and Leed's.

LAST month, Johnny Weir, the United States figure skater, switched one of his costumes for the Vancouver Olympics after he said he received threats from anti-fur activists for accessorizing his already colorful wardrobe with just a touch of white fox. At almost the same moment, fashion designers in New York were showing fall collections with so much fur that they seemed to collectively stick a thumb in the eye of political correctness.