Apparel

Ennis Inc., a manufacturer of business forms and apparel headquartered in Midlothian, Texas, has announced its quarterly cash dividend. The board of directors has declared a cash dividend of 17.5 cents a share on its common stock. The dividend is payable on October 30, 2012 to shareholders of record on October 8, 2012.

Banking on extensive research in the R&D laboratory, Digitl Ink, a Cheshire, UK-based ink manufacturer, intends to launch two direct to fabric water-based ink varieties—Tex-AD and Tex-PG, for wide-format printers, by close of the current year.

Following success of its Versatile Textile and Vinyl (VTV)—Mild Solvent Inks, which deliver best printing results, both on Textile and Vinyl substrates, the company had been working to develop new water-based inks.

The idea is to produce inks that can be used to directly print on a wide range of fabrics, without involvement of any sublimation.

It's hard to compete with workers willing to take pay as low as 23 cents an hour. Do we mean workers in Mexico or China? No. We mean Americans in federal prisons.

An Alabama clothing-maker recently found out just how hard, according to the Myrtle Beach Sun-News: American Apparel of Selma had to lay off 225 workers after it lost a contract for U.S. Army jackets to UNICOR, a $900 million behemoth with 89 factories around the U.S. Its workforce consists entirely of convicts.

If you thought prisoners made only license plates, think again. 

Garment decorators and embroidery shops are in constant need of new tools from suppliers that can handle extreme workloads, are easy to use and have customer support to troubleshoot potential problems.

For those apparel businesses that specialize in rhinestone decorations on garments, Colman and Company has introduced a new tool to speed up production and make rhinestone attachment easier: the Glitz Up 2-in-1 Motif Tool Set.

The Rock 'n' Roll Philadelphia Half Marathon had glitzy gear fit for a rock star. Read on for tips on how to add glamour to your running programs.

Seattle-based SanMar Corporation, a leading industry supplier of apparel and accessories, launched its 2012 Holiday Gift Guide featuring more than 85 gift ideas from brand favorites.

A lawsuit over $98 yoga pants feels sort of ridiculous its face. But the case is actually a big deal.

Intellectual property has historically only played a minor role in the fashion industry, and this suit may signal an important shift.

The classic argument for intellectual property is that it encourages innovation. If there's no intellectual property, the reasoning goes, companies won't spend the time and money to come up with new ideas, because their competitors will just steal them.

But the fashion industry doesn't work like that.

More than three in four Americans consider the U.S. origin of a garment an "extremely" or "somewhat" important factor in their purchase decision, according to a survey conducted by the NPD Group for Women's Wear Daily. That's a 29.8 percent increase from 10 years ago.

Although Marshal Cohen, NPD Group's chief analyst, wasn't surprised at how attitudes towards domestic manufacturing have changed, he didn't anticipate the strength of support in a flaccid economy. Still, he remained cautious. "When you ask people to pinpoint their feelings about something, you have to take the numbers with a grain of salt," he said.

Revel, a $2.4 billion lifestyle resort in Atlantic City, N.J., selected Cincinnati-based distributor Cintas Corporation to design and create the property's first apparel collection for employees.

New York Fashion Week showcases chevron, melon colors and white suiting for Spring 2013.