Big Picture Gildan had a record-breaking third quarter. Sales, profit margins, and earnings per share were all very strong, even as the economy and apparel demand were “uneven.” The company also reaffirmed plans to merge with HanesBrands, which should close late 2025 or early 2026. You can read the report itself in all its glorious…
Gildan is buying Hanesbrands. They are spinning it as a “merger” but Gildan is doing all the paying and Gildan is running the show, so….. Here is the Gildan press release if you want to read it yourself. It is titled: “Gildan and HanesBrands Agree to Combine To Create a Global Basic Apparel Leader” In…
This one slipped by me. At the end of May Trump directly said he wants the USA making more tanks and “do the AI thing” and with emphasis said he does not want to make t-shirts. The National Council of Textile Organizations disagrees, but apparently is afraid of Trump because they are not very vocal…
Stahls sent out a notice today warning people to be careful with emails. First to note is that scams impersonating your bank, suppliers or customers are rarely meaning that entity is compromised. It usually means some thief is just impersonating them and has nothing to do with them. The advice in the Stahls email is…
At the FESPA in Berlin we had a chance to catch up with the new owner of MHM Herbert Ritzer. It was refreshing to see a company being led by someone passionate about the company rather than out to extract every last penny out of the company and the future be damned. Herbert started with…
MLB still apparently can’t have normal human beings observe their new uni’s before releasing them. The absolutely dreadful Florida Marlins (last place in their division and with a wretched roster) released their new City Connect uniforms. After the debacle of Texas hats that read more like boobs in Spanish check this out:
Gildan announced its first quarter results and they are about the same as expected and about the same as last year for the first quarter. You can read the report yourself here. Most interesting is probably that there isn’t much of interest in the report. Despite the current chaos of the current US administration’s shifting…
Let’s quickly examine very briefly what just happened, then the response, and then the specific responses so far in our industry. The White House just announced high tariffs around the world, including all the main garment producing countries, particularly high on China, Vietnam and Bangladesh. The only exception is Mexico, but those are presumed to…
MLB released list of most popular baseball jerseys. List below. Topping it, was Shohei Ohtani. Also smart to take that deferred payroll, he rakes it in on merch and endorsements. He has an OPS of 1.083 so his playing isn’t too shabby either, and he hasn’t even started pitching yet. the list in order…
I’m participating in a Shop Talk today at the Atlantic City Impressions show. It is a good time to review a few things that bear repeated attention. Here are some previous columns on curing ink, which is more difficult than one would imagine. Ink Curing. Read and Repeat How to Cure Ink: Exact Instructions Cure…
