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Gildan Moves Up New CEO Start Date

Gildan announced today that new CEO Vince Tyra will take over as CEO effective January 15th instead of the previously announced February start. This is in the face of certain investors trying to bring back ousted former CEO Glenn Charmondy. Certainly the current board of Gildan is not backing down to the investor challenge. In…

Gildan Board Pulls No Punches in Latest Statement in CEO Fight

Gildan’s newest press release pulls no punches, in their Board’s “open letter to stockholders” they issue a surprisingly harsh rebuke to investor efforts to re-instate Glenn Charmandy as CEO. They portray Mr. Charmondy as disengaged, as having no vision for the future of the company, and involved in personal (including a golf resort in Barbados)…

Fanatics Sued for Alleged Anti-trust Violations

A federal suit was filed by a fan Charles Franz on behalf of anybody buying Fanatics NFL gear since 2016 from Fanatics. The suit is not about exclusive production, but about anti-competitive arrangements that squeeze out any distribution but Fantatics from the marketplace. The suit was filed against Fanatics and also the NFL and its…

Interested in Uniforms? Have We Got the Site for You!

Thanks to Craig Calcaterra and his newsletter A Cup of Coffee I just found my way to Uni-Watch.com Uni Watch is the place for the geeking out over uniforms and more. All I can say is WOW! You think that you have trouble with the Little League t-shirts you are doing? Dive into what a…

Check Fraud Rampant

There is an article in the NY Times this week (sorry, but you might get a read for free, but most likely it is behind a paywall) about check fraud. I had heard that thieves were stealing checks out of mailboxes and then erasing them with chemicals and changing the payee to them and then…

Gildan Fires Back at Charmandy

Gildan recently thanked long time CEO and original founder Glenn Charmondy, but they announced they were parting ways. They have installed Victor Tyra (a former Fruit of the Loom exec) as the new CEO, to begin his employment in February. After Glenn Charmandy issued his own press release saying that he was forced out at…

Holiday Cheer? Bah Humbug! The Visions of Sugar Plums Effect

We have posted about this in the past, but I am very painfully aware the past couple weeks of it being true beyond anything I imagined when we first put this out. What we are calling the “Visions of Sugar Plums Effect” is real. I’ve found that I just end up angry and/or disappointed if…

Big Shake Up at Gildan

Gildan has just announced that Vince Tyra formerly at Fruit of the Loom, former CEO of Alphabroder 2000-2005, and former Athletic Director at the University of Louisville will be taking over the reigns at Gildan as President and CEO. This will start in February 2024. On an interim basis Craig A. Leavitt will be acting…

Fahrenheit AI Episode 3 AI TEXT!

Michelle Moxley Hruby with another dive into the AI world, this time with a focus on AI generated text, a look at current AI regulations, and a really freaky video featuring Arnold Schwarzeneggar as Whitney Houston. As per usual, plenty to think about, plenty to get excited about, plenty to strike fear in your real…

Blues at the Tavern: Fun and Positive Energy at Printing United Expo

  After a great show that the Printing United show will be, what would be better than to spend some time with friends for a good cause with a Sam Adams beer, some great BarBQ, and of course a free cool shirt. The Ink Kitchen will be hosting a very positive event “Blues at the…

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