Category: Magazine
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Behind Bars
(Published in the February 2011 issue of Stitches Magazine) Many U.S. prison systems allow inmates to work in in-house embroidery shops that service external clients. Brilliant rehab move or way to undercut competitors? It depends who you ask. By Daniel Walsh Pam Elliott sits at a computer in her workshop in Billings, MT, working on […]
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The American Dream
(Published in the November 2010 issue of Stitches magazine) With inventory troubles and more overseas, U.S. manufacturers continue to find success at home. By Daniel Walsh They say the U.S. apparel industry is dying a slow death, and in the past it’s been hard to argue. The clothing tags of your favorite shirts tell the […]
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The Price of Safety
(Published in the October 2010 issue of Wearables magazine.) Product-safety legislation has ushered in confusion and difficulty for businesses across the country. Apparel too is feeling the impact. This law has a story. When Congress passed the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) in 2008, democrats had just retaken control of Congress two years earlier, […]
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Sold Out
(Published in Wearables magazine’s September 2010 issue.) A perfect storm of circumstances has led to the largest inventory shortage in years, and some of its causes may be here to stay. It’s tough to do business without product, but that’s what some companies are increasingly asked to do these days. An inventory shortage unlike any […]
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Reversing Field
(Published in the August 2010 issue of Wearables magazine.) Embroiderer American Needle took the NFL all the way to the Supreme Court – and won. The result of “the most important case in sports history” may forever change the nature of sports apparel licensing. By Daniel Walsh Jeff Carey never planned to initiate what Sports […]
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