By Peter Hildebrandt South Carolina is a state of contrasts and interesting juxtapositions. Though she led her sister states away from the Union some 148 years ago, South Carolina is known for its Southern charm and charisma. Charleston, the city where the first shot of the Civil War was...

By Peter Hildebrandt Here’s a bit of trivia: what holiday does one of our largest national pest control companies have the biggest problem with? Those who work on the uniform end of things will know it’s Halloween because that is when they have the most requests by people to...

By Jackie Rosselli Classic design. Trend setting. Furthers the objectives of the brand. Those were some of the comments made by the judges of the 2008 Image of the Year (IOY) Awards, an annual event sponsored by the North-American Association of Uniform Manufacturers and Distributors...

By Susan Derby The world is filled with spin offs. Some are successful, like spin off TV show “Frasier” after the sitcom “Cheers” ended or spin off product Post-It Notes, which was discovered by accident at 3M and has become one of its most popular products. Other...

By Susan Derby From the second a customer walks in the door, it is obvious that La Isla Uniforms of Las Vegas isn’t your average uniform store. There are live birds chirping and smooth jazz music quietly playing. The tiki bar is serving cool filtered water. Candy and lollypops are...

By Joseph Greco, MSOD Increasing and maintaining profits is a motivation for all in business. One obvious and direct way to achieve additional profit is to cut costs. While this should be examined, controlled and reduced on a regular basis, one must be careful to avoid a significant...

By Debra Hindlemann Webster Going green? Turning away from browned out technology in order to allow our natural resources to be in the pink? If all these colors have you seeing red, it might be time to review. For the uniform industry to maintain itself, it has to dedicate its focus to a...

By Joseph Greco, MSOD Many presidential hopefuls this election primary have claimed the mantel of “change” as their campaign slogan. I am sure one of the major changes they desire is their name on the door to the Oval Office. All of you know that in business we deal with change...

By Jackie Rosselli In the 1940s, then-industry giant Horace Small introduced the country’s first in-stock program, giving dealers the ability to readily and quickly meet the demands of a growing customer base. Yet while demand was increasing, uniforms remained the same: basic,...