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The Cincinnati Bengals lost to the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl LVI, but their pre-printed championship gear finds a second life elsewhere. Sporting good stores in Southern California and everywhere in the United States have merchandise adorned with “Los Angeles Rams Super Bowl Champions” ready to sell moments after the Super Bowl. On the other hand, merchandise with the words “Cincinnati Bengals Super Bowl Champions” will not see its day in the U.S. The fate of Cincinnati Bengals Super Bowl championship gearThe NFL pre-manufactures Super Bowl gear for good reason, to take advantage of fan emotions when their team...

Under Armour has informed UCLA that it wants to terminate the record-setting $280-million deal the apparel giant signed with the school in 2016, a potential financial blow that the Bruins intend to fight. The company said in a statement Saturday that it wanted to end the partnership because of UCLA’s inability to provide unspecified marketing benefits as required by the contract between the parties.

Truth be told, enthusiasm is actually a stronger indicator of election victory than the ridiculous fake polls that the media puts out there. Enthusiasm cannot be precisely measured, but you can feel it in the excitement of the rally crowd in Tulsa and the pre-rally video clips of people waiting in line and merchants selling Trump gear and apparel. The devil is in the details.  The difference between Trump and Biden is especially stark in the promotion and publicity area. It really helps when the candidate being sold—President — Donald J. Trump — is a tremendous performer. But it’s...

The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a Minnesota law banning voters from wearing political apparel to the polls, saying it was too draconian in stifling Americans’ First Amendment rights. The 7-2 decision said it may be possible for states to restrict stridently political T-shirts and buttons, but the justices said Minnesota didn’t justify why its law needed to be so broad.

Los Angeles was once the epicenter of apparel manufacturing, attracting buyers from across the world to its clothing factories, sample rooms and design studios. But over the years, cheap overseas labor lured many apparel makers to outsource to foreign competitors in far-flung places such as China and Vietnam. Now, Los Angeles firms are facing another big hurdle — California's minimum wage hitting $15 an hour by 2022 — which could spur more garment makers to exit the state. Last week American Apparel, the biggest clothing maker in Los Angeles, said it might outsource the making of some garments to another...

I've got a very successful westernwear product that my company manufactures in the United States. Sparkle is very popular and even a necessity with at least some of the line. Our customer is thrilled with the work we've done and is in the process of greatly expanding the line. They can't keep it in stock. The problem is, we cannot locate a better metallic yarn than just your standard Lurex. It's scratchy, yarn breaks are a problem during manufacturing, so profitability takes a hit whenever we use it. We've tried coverd nylon, no improvement. We've tried importing sheen yarn, but...

There has been a LOT of Mittens bashing going on, so I feel compelled to comment. Being from Massachusetts, I think Mittens is great. You should be aware that I've KNOWN Mittens since I was a young kid, and have very fond memories thinking of Mittens while going to school. I can NOT imagine being without. Hovever, I cannot exactly put my finger on things. All in all, though, the extremity of my thoughts on Mittens is very positive. After a warm early-winter, it's finally getting to be quite COLD up here, and I WILL NOT be without my Mittens!...

From stylish boots to high-end denim and contract T-shirts, apparel makers are looking up as consumers crack open up their wallets even though job losses continue. Phillips-Van Heusen (PVH) gapped higher Monday after announcing a $3 billion deal to buy privately held Tommy Hilfiger. A large number of apparel and accessory makers are in the IBD 100 list of top companies based on fundamental and technical factors. 13. Deckers Outdoor (DECK). The maker of Ugg boots busted out to a 52-week high late last month after its Q4 earnings per share — up 29% vs. a year earlier — beat...

Morning Edition, April 28, 2006 · The debate over immigration has been dominated by politicians, pundits, and activists with differing viewpoints -- but rarely from those who hire immigrant workers, particularly in the garment industry. Dov Charney runs American Apparel, the largest single garment factory in the United States. It's not your typical garment factory. There's electronica music playing in the showroom, hip, edgy, sexually suggestive photo ads on every wall, and a thriving team spirit among the workers. And Charney is not your typical garment factory boss. The energetic and wiry 37-year-old regularly stops by each department to greet...

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands This quiet little American territory, a Western Pacific island that struggled for years to improve working conditions in its sweatshops, now may lose many of its apparel factories to free-market forces. The factories could fall victim to a flood of cheap Chinese clothing that is surging into the United States. And as Saipan's factories close or cut jobs, thousands of workers - most of them Chinese women - are left with a cruel choice: Go back to China's sweatshops and earn a fraction of their current pay or stay in Saipan, where the prospects for legal...

The end of the quotas has triggered what trade experts believe could be one of the largest migrations of production in history, jeopardizing Cambodia's 220,000 apparel jobs. Hundreds of thousands more are threatened in Bangladesh, El Salvador, Lesotho and other countries that prospered under the quota system. The massive manufacturing shift will be a windfall for billions of people, bringing huge savings to consumers and accelerating the transfer of jobs to engines of low-cost production in China and India. But it could cripple economies across Latin America, Africa and Asia. Relative newcomers to the international commerce club risk losing their...

North dons its gay apparel By David Ertischek / Staff Writer Tuesday, December 16, 2003 Usually at 7:50 on a high school morning, sleepy faces struggle to keep their heads up. But last Wednesday at the Newton North Little Theatre, all eyes were focused on four speakers leading a panel titled "Life Outside the Gender Norm." The panel was one of six events occurring during Newton North's Annual Transgender, Bisexual, Gay and Lesbian Awareness Day, known as ToBGLAD Day. ToBGLAD Day has sparked protest in the past from some Newton parents who say they're not adequately informed about the day's...

For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use. Artex Knitting Mills, founded in 1926, is on its third product line - winter hats. During a 35-year career in the apparel industry, Frederick Gillette worked for seven companies before landing at Artex Knitting Mills Inc. eight years ago. Not that he is a job-hopper. "They all went out of business," Gillette said of his previous employers as he slipped a spool of black yarn onto a creel on one of Artex's 100 knitting machines, whose humming fills the South Jersey factory. For Gillette, 61, and many of his colleagues who...