Spring & Summer 2004

Each year, the National Association of Uniform Manufacturers and Distributors (NAUMD) sponsors the Best Dressed Police Department Competition that honors and publicly acknowledges police...

Recognizing when to change styles is perhaps the most powerful competitive advantage for any apparel manufacturer. The ability to predict a trend and respond...

Sam Starr, co-owner of Starr Uniform in Scranton, Pa., explains his sales strategy this way: When I call on new customers, I dont walk...

When it comes to technology, Fechheimer has certainly seen many generations of innovation over the past 160 years. Since 1842, Fechheimer Bros. has long...

By Susan Derby When a business starts in a hotel room, there is little else for it to do but grow. Thats exactly what Dutyman...

By Susan Derby David Shock is the kind of guy who will tell it like it is. So when he says hes dedicated to serving...

By Peter Fretty While radio frequency identification tags (RFID) have steadily grown in popularity in manufacturing sectors and to track export shipping containers, the tiny...

By Daniel Wesley, Universal Purchasing Association Sometime during the early 1980s, it was suggested that selling custom printed baseball caps would be a good...

People want more value to their apparel products now, says David Blalock of Blurlington Industries. How do you create more value? Performance, of course,...

Founded in 1904, Spiewak is a fourth generation family business dedicated to providing functional, innovative protective apparel for workers and businesses. Spiewaks VizGuard, WeatherTech,...