FEATURES
Focus:
Navy
Tests a New Look for Working Uniform; Women’s
Uniforms Also Revamped
Strategy:
State-of-the-art
Uniforms Causes Major Headache for Military Surplus
Dealer
Marketing:
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considering whether you should enter UniformMarket’s
UNIVATOR Awards?
NATIONAL
NEWS
Aramark
Named to InformationWeek 500 Due to Advancement
of Innovative Technology Practices
Update:
New Step Towards Maintaining Quotas on Imports
from China
Carlsbad
PD Put Out Bid for New Uniforms
Textile & Apparel
Job Loss in September 2004: Adding Up the Numbers
Chef
Direct and Bragard Announce Distribution Alliance
Superior
Uniform Group Announces Earnings for the Quarter
Ended September 30, 2004
From
Long Gray Dresses to Lab Coats and Scrubs: A
History of Nurses’ Uniforms
INTERNATIONAL
NEWS
Unifi
Asia Increases Comfort And Economics In Career
And Work Apparel
China
Textile & Garment Enterprise Directory (English
edition) Published
German
Police to Drop “Ugliest Uniforms in Europe”
Dressing
Down Dead at Commbank
Firms,
Scholars Eye IT-based Uniform to Protect Firefighters
Citing
concerns by sailors that its current uniform program
was impractical for today’s work environment,
the United States Navy last month officially launched
the test phase of Task Force Uniform (TFU) for
the fleet. The outfits, said to be more durable
and easier to maintain, could replace six current
work uniforms. The test phase will last six months
and is slated to begin this winter