Impressions - August/September 2012 - (Page 10)

Most PoPular ImpressIons Web articles Most saved 1. Cap Embroidery Made Easy 2. Print Correctly with White Ink (with Video!) 3. Build a Better Performance Review Program 4. Off the Cuff: Big Orders Can Mean Big Headaches 5. Use CorelDRAW Tools to Sharpen Vector Art Skills HanesBrands announces restructuring Plans HanesBrands Inc., Winston-Salem, N.C., recently announced that it will narrow the focus of its worldwide imagewear business by restructuring to exit non-core segments and reduce risk. The company signed a definitive agreement on May 25 to sell its European Imagewear division to an affiliate of Smartwares B.V. for about $20 million. HanesBrands also will discontinue privatelabel production and exit its Outer Banks business. The company is looking to sell the Outer Banks brand in its entirety to minimize customer business disruption, according Matt Waterman, director of marketing, HanesBrands. The sale of the European Imagewear division and exit of private-label business will have very little impact to overall U.S. market, according to Waterman. HanesBrands remains committed to the U.S. decorated market, and will focus on Hanes- and Championbranded products in the United States, he says. Additionally, to reflect its new strategic direction, the company will change the name of its imagewear operations to branded printwear. For more information, visit hanesbrands.com. — l.M. Most Printed 1. Cap Embroidery Made Easy 2. Build a Better Performance Review Program 3. Print Correctly with White Ink (with Video!) 4. Off the Cuff: Big Orders Can Mean Big Headaches 5. CPSIA: The Current Landscape river’s end distribution Center awarded Green Certification River’s End Trading Co., Medina, Minn., announced that its decoration and distribution center, located in Clarksville, Tenn., has been awarded Clarksville-Montgomery County (CMC) Green Certification. The CMC Green Certification Program is designed to help businesses learn and implement best practices in the area of environmental stewardship through a series of free workshops taught by environmental specialists. In addition to participating in the workshops to gain certification, River’s End South created an environmental management plan, sharing data in the areas of recycling, energy efficiency, reuse and repurposing, pollution reduction and stakeholder communication over a six-month period. In a comparison of year-over-year energy usage, the Clarksville facility consumed 313 fewer kilowatt hours (KWH) per day in January 2012, as compared to January 2011. The company’s green efforts include install- Most e-Mailed 1. Print Correctly with White Ink (with Video!) 2. Cap Embroidery Made Easy 3. Off the Cuff: Big Orders Can Mean Big Headaches 4. CPSIA: The Current Landscape 5. Build a Better Performance Review Program to read any of these articles, visit impressionsmag.com. Find the search box at the top of the page and input the article title (in full or in part) — in quotation marks — and hit enter on your keyboard or click the blue circle next to the search box. ing programmable thermostats to reduce heating and cooling costs, as well as adding recycling bins for all poly-bags, carton liners and individual garment bags. For more information, visit riversendtrading. com. — l.M. 10 Impressions | August/September 2012 impressionsmag.com http://www.hanesbrands.com http://www.impressionsmag.com http://www.riversendtrading.com http://www.riversendtrading.com http://www.impressionsmag.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Impressions - August/September 2012

Impressions - August/September 2012
Table of Contents
First Impressions
From the Show Director
FYI
Product Gallery
ISS Conference
Warming Trends
Redefining Fleece
Jackets of All Trades
How to Handle the Unhappy Customer
Shop Spotlight
Embroidery Technique
Embroidery Production
Screen Printing Production
Screen Printing Graphics & Design
Online Directory
Digital Decorating
Business to Business
Classifieds
Ad Index

Impressions - August/September 2012