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The Pittsburgh Steelers have perhaps the most well-known rally towel in history: the “Terrible Towel.” Most Steelers fans have at least one in their possession, and the stands at Steelers games, whether home or away, are full of the spinning yellow towels. So, before Monday’s upcoming game between the Steelers and the Washington Redskins in…
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One of Steve Jobs’ turtlenecks is up for auction; Google lets apparel retailers sell straight through search results; Lululemon sees financial growth but stock decline; researchers create fabric that could keep us cool; and Hanesbrands Inc. celebrates a milestone: Here’s what’s happening in the apparel world…
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Pro Towels, Pittsburgh, has acquired Oceanside, California-based supplier Neet Feet Inc., which has supplied promotional flip-flops and sandals since 1987, and introduced die-cut “Logo Footprint” flip-flops in 1989. “No other supplier offers better quality custom logo footwear, flip-flops and sandals than Neet Feet, and I believe the fit of the Neet Feet product line with that…
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HALO Branded Solutions, Sterling, Ill., announced the affiliation of A Branovan Company, a promotional products distributor based in Milwaukee. “We are pleased to welcome the Branovan Company team to the HALO family,” said Dale Limes, senior vice president of sales for HALO Branded Solutions. “Their affiliation will improve our presence in a key Midwest market…
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World Emblem, North Miami, Fla., announced that it has relocated its Canadian facility to a new, larger manufacturing plant in Mississauga, Ontario. The relocation comes as a result of the company’s growth over the past few years. The new office space is approximately 10,000 sq. ft., which makes it twice the size of its previous…
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a final rule on Friday stating that companies can no longer market consumer antibacterial soap products including certain active ingredients. The ruling said that manufacturers did not demonstrate that certain ingredients are safe for long-term daily use and more effective than plain soap and water in terms of…
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SandlerResearch.org, Pune, India, released its forecasts for the future global safety apparel market. The research company expects the global safety apparel market to grow 8.12 percent from 2016 to 2020. The Global Safety Apparel Market 2016-2020 report cited nanotechnology…
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It seems college football rivalries are heating up, and T-shirts have become the recent battleground. First, the University of Southern California (USC) campus bookstore released a “Roll Tears Roll” T-shirt, an insult geared toward Alabama’s “Roll Tide” slogan, ahead of the Alabama-USC opener Saturday. And now, an unaffiliated University of Alabama T-shirt has garnered legal action, according…
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Thanks to blockbusters like “Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens” and “Minions,” Marketplace reported that global retail sales of licensed merchandise are up approximately $10 billion over last year, according to a…
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Just like you would never cut corners while building a skyscraper, digging a water line or fixing a subway car, labor workers don’t want the companies that make their apparel to cut corners, either. End-users want apparel and gear that works as hard as they do. For distributors, that means providing products that have durable…
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