NEW YORK CITY—Anvil Knitwear launches an exclusive line of organic apparel, including Ts and hoodies, to benefit the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI), including its global environmental and humanitarian youth program, Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots.
Founded in 1977, JGI leads efforts to protect chimpanzees and their habitats. The institute is also recognized for establishing community-centered conservation and development programs in Africa, as well as Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots.  -Read more-

FAIR LAWN, N.J.—Equipment Zone hosts an open house at its facility located 20 minutes outside of New York City on Saturday, March 27 from 10 a.m.–3 p.m. The event will feature the Veloci-Jet XL direct-to-substrate printer and the SpeedTreater automatic pretreatment system in action. Visit www.equipmentzone.com/openhouse.

NEW YORK CITY—The International Oeko-Tex Association and Textile Insight will present A Focus on Workwear, the next installment in their Insight on What’s Next textile and apparel industry roundtable discussion series. The event will be held in New York City Friday, March 12, 2010, 12–1:30 p.m. at the DuPont Corian Design Studio.

NEW YORK CITY—KTP Design Company receives its seventh Suppliers Achievement Award from PPAI in nine years in the category of screen printing on textiles. The company was honored for a silk scarf produced for the U.S. Treasury Department.

TREVOSE, Pa.—BroderBros. Co. is now a full-line supplier of the complete Anvil collection and will carry all of the styles, colors and sizes the brand offers. This includes T-shirts, fleeceⁱ, sport shirts, hats, bags and towels, all of which can be found in the 2010 catalog.

Today’s decorators have a unique challenge as we enter this age where our global economy contributes to a universal sense of fashion. Consumers are more aware than ever of styles and trends; couture becomes more accessible with web commerce bringing NYC-designers to Omaha teens. And this turns decorators on to the new challenge of staying current on all the technical fabrics, new color schemes, shapes and sizes that customers expect, in turn, on the wholesale level. While this is certainly true of all market segments, it’s even more so for the industry’s growth in styles that suit their female clientele.

Making money is simple. To make money, we need to know the numbers, and then make the right choices. The first set of numbers to know are profit margin per piece, pieces per hour, and overhead. The relationship between these three numbers determines the profit or loss on an individual sale.

Knowing the big picture

No matter how superior you believe your product quality to be, or how dependable your delivery record has been, a decorated-apparel business is only as good as its people—the good folks who interact with your clientele and give your company its reputation. One can appreciate the fact that many employers are making tough fiscal choices to deal with the economy these days but, unfortunately, some of those decisions are shaking the confidence of the very people that could buoy a business to deeper, safer waters.

The Burton care label (see top inset) is so real looking it is irresistable not to try and peel it off the shirt: while the Burton run stitch (below) so closely simulate

This show-stopping applique, entitled "Death of a Blind Philosopher", was on display at a recent NYC art show called "Pricked: Extreme Embroidery."

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