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NZ Post Launches New Look for Posties
NZ Post posties and couriers will be looking a little lighter and brighter when they appear at your mailbox this Christmas. NZ Post has ditched...
In Memoriam: Margaret Ramsdale
It is with profound sadness that we report the passing of entrepreneur, industry trailblazer and former NAUMD board member Margaret Ramsdale. ...
400 Uniform, Image Apparel and Public Safety Professionals To Meet in Atlanta, Georgia
NAUMD announces annual convention and exposition The Network Association of Uniform Manufacturers and Distributors (NAUMD) 2023 Convention &...
Hohenstein partners with AI startup, Sizekick
Hohenstein, a global market leader in apparel sizing and fit development, has invested in AI technology startup, Sizekick. The collaboration will...
Navy Uniforms Designed 4 Decades Ago Resized for Female Sailors
If you’re a female sailor, you’re issued US Navy uniforms that were designed four decades ago. But that’s changing, because Navy Exchange Service...
Embroidered patches allow existing fabrics to generate electricity
Although many groups are developing power-generating “smart fabrics,” the technology is often too complex to be scaled up to commercial use. Now,...
2022 Awards Profile: Bell Canada, Technology, Unisync Group
The Bell Canada retail program outfits over 5000 wearers. This 2022 Image of the Year® winner has managers and staff wearing the same uniforms; in...
Network Member Profile: Smith & Warren
To the outsider, a badge may not seem like much – on the surface, it’s a piece of metal that’s affixed to a person’s uniform. But for public safety...
Share Ukraine Seeks Field Boots, Socks, Donations
As the American Thanksgiving holiday approaches, it is a good time to reflect on ways to help those who have been less fortunate. One organization...
Debrand Receives Investment From WM for Textile Recycling Growth & Expansion
Debrand, a reverse logistics textile solutions provider, today announced that it has received a strategic investment from WM, North America's...
Hohenstein Opens New leather, footwear and PPE laboratory in India
Hohenstein on November 11 celebrated the opening of a second testing laboratory in Gurugram, India. The new addition to Hohenstein’s expanding lab...
2022 Awards Profile: Urgences-Santé, Emergency Services, Logistik Unicorp
This is a hard-working uniform for a hard working emergency unit. Urgences-Sante Emergency Services garments are adapted with the details needed to...
Featured Network Member: Weinbrenner/Thorogood
Thorogood® shoes are simply put, a classic. The company’s public safety, uniform, and tactical boots have been keeping hard-working individuals safe...
Fabian Couture Group acquires Executive Apparel
Fabian Couture Group, LLC, the country’s largest wholesale provider of rental and retail formalwear, announced today its acquisition of Executive...
Indian Oil Corporation to Recycle 20 Million Plastic Bottles Annually for Eco-friendly Uniforms
Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), the nation's largest oil firm, will recycle 20 million discarded mineral water, cold drink and other PET bottles...
Has Trade with China Really Cost the U.S. Jobs?
How did trade with China affect the United States? In Washington, the consensus is that it cost Americans jobs. A central concern is the negative...
Cintas Unveils New ESG Branding to Align Environmental, Social & Governance Ambitions
Cintas Corporation unveiled its new Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) branding identity, which was created to help raise awareness and...
Aptean Adds Apparel ERP to its Industry-Specific Software Offerings
Aptean, a global provider of mission-critical enterprise software solutions, last week announced the acquisition of ImPuls AG, a provider of...
2022 Awards Profile: Performance Work Hoodie with SafeCinch™, Workwear Outfitters
Workwear Outfitters learned that 78% of 600 surveyed blue collar workers wear a hoodie on the job. They provided a laundry list of problems with...
Featured Network Member: Warson Brands
The Warson Brands business model is simple: the better their shoes perform, the better their customers perform. Warson Brands, also known as...
Growing Small Business Exports: How Technology Strengthens American Trade
It has long been known that U.S. economic growth and job creation depend on the ability to sell beyond America’s borders; after all, 95% of...
Bodi.Me Partners with MaRS to Accelerate North American Growth
NAUMD Network member Bodi.Me, a fashion fit technology company, has partnered with Canadian MaRS through its Innovate UK advanced manufacturing...
Fashion’s New Ecosystem: The Future of 3D, DPC and Virtual Try-On
In the next few years, retailers and brands must make less product, sell for higher prices, make better inventory choices and create healthier...
Elbeco Announces New Additions to Sales Team
Elbeco has added two individuals to its sales team: Mike Lee and Justin Ryan, territory business managers. Mike is a former Elbeco employee and...
2022 Awards Profile: Hertz, Transportation, Mi Hub
Mi Hub provides uniforms for approximately 27,000 corporate and franchisee employees across a portfolio of Hertz Corporate rental car brands. This...
Featured Network Member: Rocky Brands
We are our customer. Identifying with the customer is at the heart of everything Rocky Brands does. From the beginning in 1932, when two brothers...
Global Supply Chain: The Evolving Social Compliance Landscape
PRESENTED ON November 3, 2022 Social compliance has been evolving rapidly since its inception a little over two decades ago, with the past two...
Brett Garran Named Vice President of Sales at Edwards
Top 20 supplier Edwards Garment Co., known as Edwards, has named Brett Garran as their new Vice President of Sales. Brett has been in the apparel...
UniFirst Launches Visibility Workwear Collection
UniFirst Corporation , a North American leader in providing customized business uniform programs, facility service products, and first aid and...
Helmets Like Iron Man’s And A Smart Shirt That Calls For Help: Inside The Pentagon’s Wearable Tech Revolution
Poor Bob,” says Alexander Gruentzig, pointing at a mannequin with a screwdriver handle sticking out of its right shoulder. The founder of the...