Ash City USA

If you are familiar with my blog, then you know I live for sarcasm—especially when celebrities are involved. However, this week, I'd like to get serious. Last Friday, Beastie Boys rapper Adam Yauch (aka MCA) passed away after a three-year battle with cancer of the parotid salivary gland. He was only 47.

Here are the tips that did not make it into May's women's wear feature, but are crucial to successful sales of ladies' styles.

Apparel suppliers are drawing from retail chains, echoing runway looks and employing clever designs to make women's apparel more flattering than ever.

Ash City USA, the Lenexa, Kansas based apparel supplier, has launched a ground-breaking new website featuring innovative visuals and sophisticated marketing tools. One of the highlights is the industry first 360-degree model videos of product.

Paul Kory, vice president of sales for Dyenomite Apparel, has been inducted into the Ohio Promotional Professionals Association's (OPPA) Hall of Fame.

Apparel supplier Ash City USA, based in Lenexa, Kan., has announced the appointment of Laura Turner to the newly created role of vice president, marketing. Turner comes to the company with a wealth of experience including 11 years with Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment where she was the executive director, marketing.

Ash City announced that Joe Bunsness has joined Ash City USA as vice president of sales - Western U.S. Bunsness will report directly to Joe DeVault, senior vice president of sales.

Dyenomite, Hilliard, Ohio, announced the growth of its national sales team with the addition of Paul Kory as the new vice president of sales. Kory previously held the position of director of sales at Vantage Apparel.

It's the time of the year when you may be concerned about reaching your 2011 promotional products sales goals. If you're not quite where you want to be, today's blog post is sure to help get you there.

Garry Hurvitz, president and CEO of Ash City USA, released the July 2011 edition of his "Eye on Asia" newsletter. Click through for a full reprinting of the letter, which forcasts apparel price increases that may affect the industry in 2012 and beyond.