Pangaia, the apparel brand, has taken the sustainable sweatshirt to new heights by using screen printing ink made from air pollution. The stylish comfortwear line already uses minimal ink for small logos on its products. And what little ink it does use is made from turning carbon emissions into what the company calls “Air-Ink”…
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Shipping Delays Forcing Some Chinese Manufacturers to Cancel Orders Amid Inventory Back-Ups
Some Chinese manufacturers have started canceling orders as COVID-related shipping delays have caused inventory to stack up. The South China Morning Post reported that smaller manufacturers have started rejecting orders to avoid cash flow problems, since payments are tied up in orders that can’t be shipped.
Read MoreDeadline Extended! Vote Now for the 2021 Supplier Excellence Awards
It’s been an interesting year, to put it mildly. Yet, with all the supply chain challenges, we’ve seen suppliers going above and beyond, doing everything in their power to assist their distributor partners. It’s time to recognize the best of the best in our annual Supplier Excellence Awards. Voting is now open!…
Read MorePeloton Goes All In On Branded Apparel With Private Label Launch
Peloton has been experimenting with branded apparel for the last few years, starting with capsule drops and then a co-branded merchandise partnership with Adidas. But after selling a reported 600,000 units of branded apparel in a single quarter, the company is now going all in with a private label apparel line…
Read MoreThe Internet Is Thoroughly Destroying the NFL’s New Ed Sheeran Merch
The NFL season starts tonight, and the league is giving passionate fans what they have been asking for year after year: exclusive Ed Sheeran NFL merchandise! In all seriousness, we can see why the NFL is getting so thoroughly roasted online. This seems like a major case of not knowing your audience…
Read MoreThese Shirts Are Made With Mint Fibers to Keep You Cool
While there are plenty of high-tech solutions for temperature-regulating apparel, sometimes the natural way can be just as effective. The apparel brand Buttercloth went the plant-based route with its Icy Cotton collection featuring shirts made with 29% mint fibers (along with cotton and spandex) that cool the wearer…
Read MoreOur 5 Favorite Promotional Products of the Week: Scrubs With Dark Humor, Bobblehead Pins and More
After yesterday’s story about Forward Madison FC’s QR code jerseys, we’ve been thinking a lot about sports jerseys. This week, our fave five roundup includes a new promo product from Uni Watch (the internet’s preeminent sports jersey website), some very punk rock blankets and more…
Read MoreDC Public Library Supporters Hoped to Sell 50 ‘Punk’ T-shirts—a Few Months Later, They’ve Sold 7,000 (and Raised $100K)
“What’s more punk than the public library?” That’s the question supporters of the D.C. Public Library System’s Mt. Pleasant branch printed on T-shirts earlier this year. They hoped to sell 50. A few months later, they’ve sold 7,000, raising over $100,000 for the library. Here’s how…
Read MoreThe Internet Is Freaking Out About the ‘Cotton Tote Crisis’ (But Should It Be?)
The New York Times recently published a story that included some alarming statistics about how tote bags might not be the eco-friendly cheat code that some people think they are. And, of course, most of Twitter was talking about it. But is the “Cotton Tote Crisis” based on misinterpreted data?…
Read MoreNew Vietnam COVID Lockdowns Slow Apparel Supply Chain
Vietnam has grown to become one of the top apparel manufacturing hubs as companies diversify their sourcing. But with the country imposing more lockdowns this week to stop the spread of the Delta variant, apparel sellers are up against yet another supply chain disruption…
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