Apparel

Independence, Missouri-based supplier Dunbrooke announced it has extended Mark Chipchase’s territory as of July 1, 2010

BusinessWire - COAST Apparel, a boutique clothing company founded in 2008, announced today it has launched a nationwide effort to raise money for communities impacted by the BP oil spill. COAST Apparel has designed a Save the Gulf! t-shirt and is donating 100% of their proceeds ($5 per t-shirt) to the non-profit organizations Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana and the Gulf Restoration Network (GRN).

Heritage Sportswear Inc., Hebron, Ohio, a leading wholesaler of imprintable apparel and accessories announced its partnership with apparel manufacturer JERZEES for a month-long T-shirt promotion awarding a total of 22 prizes

New York-based Anvil Knitwear, a leading manufacturer of socially and environmentally responsible apparel and accessories, announced it is launching an exclusive line of organic apparel, including T-shirts and hoodies, to benefit the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI), including its global environmental and humanitarian youth program, Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots.

Jockey International Inc., Kenosha, Wisconsin, is beginning a licensing partnership with River’s End Trading Company, a leader in the corporate apparel category. River’s End will be the exclusive licensee for men’s and women’s apparel in the promotional marketing and the premium channels.

Cincinnati-based TSC Apparel announced the first winners of its new 2010 promotion--the City, Beach, Mountain Adventure Series. This year, TSC along with mill sponsors Anvil and Gildan, will send 10 winners on a trip of their choice based on their purchases of monthly featured items.

The country may not be in the midst of a great color conciliation, what with Red and Blue paint balls flying as furiously as ever, but fashion is. In the last few seasons, even arch-cosmopolites, whose tastes normally range from asphalt to charcoal, have dipped into enough preppy All-American colors to make a three-piece madras suit.

Fersten Worldwide (FW), the exclusive licensee of Fila Golf in North America, has appointed golf industry veterans Ron Birrell and Steve Sakovitz as sales representatives to service the rapidly-increasing demand for Fila Golf men's and women's apparel.

Bolingbrook, Illinois-based S&S Activewear announced the launch of its new customizable Web sites, available at no charge for registered customers at www.sssactivewear.com

Gildan Activewear Inc. announced its financial results for the second quarter of its 2010 fiscal year. The company also updated the sales and margin assumptions in its outlook for the full fiscal year, as well as its capital expenditure and capacity expansion plans to support its continuing sales growth and cost reduction objectives.