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Leon Uniform Company, Inc.
A warm welcome – or should we say welcome back - to Leon Uniform Company. What started out as a tailor shop in 1907 has grown to the region's...
SanMar and WonderWink® Partner to Offer Healthcare Apparel
SanMar Corporation, a leading supplier of wholesale accessories and apparel, today announced a new partnership with WonderWink® to offer world-class...
Green Button: Hohenstein is an authorized certification body
Textile testing provider Hohenstein has been authorized by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) to verify compliance...
Norwegian Can’t Afford to Pay Laid Off Employees But Tells Them to Keep Their Uniforms As a “Keepsake”
Near bankrupt low-cost airline Norwegian has told over a thousand laid-off employees that it can’t afford to pay them their final wages or other...
How Artificial Intelligence is Transforming the Apparel Industry
Artificial intelligence (AI) will bring cutting-edge revolution and disruption that’s never been seen before in the apparel industry. From outfit...
Ergonomic Fit for Uniforms and Workwear
NAUMD 2021 WEBINAR SERIES Presented Thursday, February 18, 2021 Presenter, Dr. Jan Beringer, Hohenstein Developing the right fit for different body...
Uniform Sales: How To Win RFPs And Program Contracts By Facilitating Employee Allotments
NAUMD WEBINAR 2021 SERIES Presented February 4, 2021 Presenter: Len Greenfield, qUniform, SimbolIQ Today's uniform customers are more demanding....
Deep Low-Wage Job Losses Create Phantom Raises
Jobs lost during the pandemic are so skewed to lower-income Americans that the average wage didn’t suffer in this tough economy like you might...
Rethinking the Post-Pandemic “Store of the Future”
Attempts to create a “store of the future” are littered with failure due to gimmicky concepts that over-promised and under-delivered. Here are...
DOD Announces $1.1 Million Defense Production Act Agreement With American Apparel To Strengthen Domestic Clothing Industrial Base
As part of the national response to COVID-19, the Department of Defense entered into a $1.1 million agreement with American Apparel, Inc. to sustain...
Virgin Hotels reveals its timetable for three U.S. openings
After postponing its January debut due to the pandemic, the Virgin Hotels Las Vegas is now scheduled to open this spring as part of Hilton's Curio...
4 reasons customers dump you – and how to prevent it
Customers are surrounded by options – even in the confines of their homes and home offices. But they’ll only dump you if you make one of these...
Smith & Warren’s Autism Awareness Project Speaks to First Reponders Across the Country
Like many in the uniform industry, Smith & Warren is always eager to support its customers' philanthropic efforts. The White Plains, New York,...
Exenta
A warm welcome to new member and webinar presenter Exenta. Exenta is the pioneer in global, cutting-edge, transformative ERP, PLM and Shop Floor...
Amla Commerce
Welcome to Amla Commerce, a global software company that has grown out of the belief that ecommerce software should enable sustainable growth. This...
Aramark Earns Top Marks in Human Rights Campaign’s 2021 Corporate Equality Index
For the seventh consecutive year, Aramark proudly announced that it received a score of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2021 Corporate...
BAMKO, the Branding Division of Superior Group of Companies, Acquires Gifts By Design
BAMKO®, LLC, the promotional product and branded merchandise arm of Superior Group of Companies, announced that it has acquired substantially all of...
What’s the Future of Traditional Retail?
Did the events of 2020 and the associated changes in shopping behavior break the classic brick-and-mortar retail model? The combination of Covid-19...
Restaurants staged nimble responses to Covid’s blows in 2020, but 6 years of growth were wiped away
More than 110,000 eating and drinking establishments closed last year, either temporarily or for good, and 2.5 million restaurant industry jobs...
Talking Uniforms with 95-Year-Old Designer Elaine Goldsmith
Today we have something very special. Give me a minute to set it up and provide some context. So: Three years ago, I ran a blog post about a 1965...
These Are the Official Space Force Ranks
The U.S. Space Force finally has an official rank structure for its enlisted members and officers, a service spokesman has confirmed...
Superior Group of Companies (SGC) has been named by Forbes magazine as one of America’s Best
Superior Group of Companies (SGC) has been named by Forbes magazine as one of America's Best Small Cap Companies of 2021. The list was published in...
Military eyes adaptive camouflage, self-repairing clothing for future troops Social Sharing
5 Canadian universities leading cutting-edge research at cost of $9M over 3 years From chameleon-inspired camouflage to clothing that mends itself...
Graphics and Uniforms Come Together to Help Company’s Growth
When the investors in a drain-cleaning franchise in Minnesota decided to leave the fold and form their own plumbing company, they needed a...
The Marines Want a Next-Gen Combat Utility Uniform. Here’s What Could Change
The Marine Corps wants to upgrade its combat utility uniform, a move officials say could save the service millions of dollars and provide wearers...
Blauer Manufacturing Achieves NFPA 1994 Class 1 Certification of Its Multi-Threat Ensemble with the New 3M™ Scott™ Vision C5 Facepiece with E-Z Flo C5 Regulator and 3M™ Scott™ Air-Pak™ X3 Pro SCBA
Blauer Manufacturing announced today that it has successfully passed NFPA 1994 Class 1 certification testing of the 3M™ Scott™ Air-Pak™ X3 Pro SCBA...
Halo Branded Solutions
In an industry that’s all about products, Halo Branded Solutions values relationships above all. They have been an industry leader for over six...
Luly Yang
Creativity meets innovation at Luly Yang, an internationally recognized Seattle-based fashion designer and creative director who seeks to elevate...
Army Unveils Major Grooming, Uniform Updates
Big changes to grooming and uniform standards are on the way, as are updates to outdated terminology and imagery used in Army regulations to...
Rocky Brands Will Acquire Boot Labels from Honeywell for $230 Million
Rocky Brands Inc., best known for its rugged work and military boots, has added a new portfolio of labels to its roster. The Nelsonville, Ohio-based...
