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RiverMills Made in USA Fleece endorsed by U.S. Track & Field Champion
RiverMills Outfitters, manufacturer of Made in USA fleece apparel, is proud to announce the endorsement of Dr. Thomas Fahey, 10-time U.s. Track & Field Senior Discus Throw Champion. Dr. Fahey will be wearing RiverMills R100 microfleece jacket at this year’s National Senior Games where he is going for an unprecedented 11th straight National Seniors Champion title.
For more information on RiverMills Outfitters, visit www.rivermillsoutfitters.com

Vantage Adds Veteran Garran to Sales Team
Avenel, New Jersey-based Vantage Apparel hired Brett Garran as the sales representative for Northern N.J. and Western N.Y. Garran

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News From Around the Industry

SanMar Debuts the 2008 District Threads Collection Catalog
Seattle-based SanMar Corporation, a leading supplier of imprintable apparel and accessories, is releasing its 2008 District Threads catalog. The 36-page catalog showcases the entire District Threads line of essential fashion apparel, while offering a preview of forthcoming fall styles.
“The District Threads brand finds its appeal with teens and young adults who are looking for clothes that reflect their comfortable, relaxed approach to life,” explains Jeremy Lott, SanMar vice president of sales and marketing. “It’s all about a smart balance between fashion and function-like our District Threads organic styles, which combine environmental responsibility with casual

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The Aftershock

Though it seems more than a little callous to worry about how the earthquake in China’s Sichuan province will affect our marketplace, in an industry that heavily depends on Chinese manufacturing, it would be sheer folly not to.
However, various reporting outlets are stating that the disaster’s effect on the Chinese economy will be minimal, which hopefully by extension, means U.S. manufacturing will receive nary a jolt. Here are a few soundbites from various news sources that you might be interested in:
BusinessWeek: ”China Quake Won’t Shake Economy”
However, many economists expect the impact on the Chinese economy of the power outages, communications

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Cartoon Spoofs American Apparel’s Dov Charney

Do you like T-shirts? V-neck T-shirts? And pornographic imagery? Me too! So starts a nice little animated parody video of Dov Charney, president and CEO of Los Angeles-based American Apparel, a company famous for both its meteoric success as well as its questionable advertising formula—one which regularly includes young women seductively (un)dressed and/or posed in American Apparel clothing. While the advertising campaign has made the company a target of lawsuits and social groups, it is perhaps now up against most dangerous, albeit entertaining foe—the Internet video satirist. The video’s director Josh Faure-Brac, (a.k.a. Super-Josh) creator of Current.com’s Super News show definitely found an effective

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White Named Director of Marketing for HandStands

HandStands, based in Bluffdale, Utah, announced Patrick White was hired as the company’s new director of marketing. White brings more than 15 years of experience in the promotional products industry. His most recent tenure was at Doug Fregolle Promotions where he enjoyed 11 straight months of double-digit increases. Patrick has developed comprehensive marketing programs for clients that include Nestle-Purina, Coca-Cola, MGM, Adobe, Skyy Vodka and Rock the Vote. For more information on HandStands, visit www.handstandspromo.com

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Ten Distributors Affiliate with iPROMOTEu in April

Wayland, Massachusetts-based iPROMOTEu announced 10 promotional products distributors affiliated with the company in April. Each of these new affiliates is a current industry sales professional and works either as an existing independent distributor or as a salesperson for a distributor company. The following individuals are among the industry distributors and salespeople who affiliated with iPROMOTEu in April: Kevin Caliup of Alliance for Minority Promotional Products Distributors in Montecito, Calif. Shannon Degrado of Go Fish Promotions in Scottsdale, Ariz. Erin Grogan of United Graphics and Mailing Group in Elk Grove Village, Ill. Erin Healy of Graceful Gifts in New York, N.Y. Andrew Turk

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