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By Jackie Rosselli
Perhaps, but if you’re in the business of selling
career apparel, you might not want to call your line
a uniform program. For while that old chestnut might
hold true about those in the military, the remaining
American workforce seems to want an image that is, well,
less uniform.
 “Research
we’ve done suggests that potential customers, those
who have no prior experience with a uniform program, want
the uniformity without the conformity,” says Tom
Maloney, director of vertical marketing, Aramark Uniform
Services (AUS).
What do they want? Another cliché, it seems, albeit
a different one. “Right now, there is a negative
perception of uniforms in the traditional sense,” adds
Maloney. “Potential customers are more receptive
if you approach them with an image-based, not uniform,
solution.”
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By Joseph Greco, M.S.O.D.
When I first started sourcing production outside of
the USA in 1985, I needed to learn of factory locations
and which countries supported apparel manufacturing within
a politically stable environment. At that time, you may
recall, civil wars continued in both El Salvador and
Nicaragua. The US government wanted to promote the Caribbean
Basin Initiative (CBI), and the abundant source of low-cost
labor attracted me southward. In the late 1980s, I attended
a series of conventions held in Miami known as the Miami
Conference on the Caribbean. David Rockefeller, chairman
of the Caribbean Central American Action committee, was
the main driver of this event, along with his bank. Using
his long-term influence in the US and Latin America,
he bolstered attendance of major businesses and virtually
every non-communist government in the West.
These participants consisted of a range of characters
including country presidents, government officials, bankers,
apparel manufacturers, shipping companies and various foreign
chambers of commerce meeting to network for the purpose
of promoting trade in the Western Hemisphere. Vice President
George H.W. Bush spoke and was so effective with his foreign
service background, I actually voted for him in his first
run for the White House. A major strategy had been adopted
and was about to begin implementation. There was to be
a hemispheric free trade zone. We, of the Americas, were
to band together to compete effectively against Eastern
Europe and the Far East.
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Editor’s Note: On June 15, 2006, the United
States Census Bureau issued a report on job growth throughout
the country. Several of the industries cited include
health care, retail and food service - businesses of
traditional interest to those who sell and manufacture
uniforms. UniformMarket is pleased to present the summary
findings below:
Businesses in the retail trade, health care and social
assistance, and accommodations and food services industries
added more than 1.1 million jobs between 2003 and 2004,
according to a report on business activity released today
by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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Much of this month’s product news comes from
suppliers to the law enforcement and military industries.
Read on for news about Tru-Spec, Hersh Rostex, Bianchi
and Hatch Corporation.
Tru-Spec by Atlanco,
a supplier of BDUs and other apparel to the law enforcement
and military sectors, has introduced a brand new style
BDU focused specifically on the requirements of tactical
team members.
...
If you’re on the hunt for wool and wool blended
fabrics, your might want to consider the new instock program
from Hersh Rostex,
Inc, a Montreal based supplier of wool fabrics since 1935.
.
...
Bianchi International
has just introduced the Model 90 Vision™, a leather
concealment holster designed specifically for those who
carry a light mounted on their weapon. The Vision offers
a semi-closed bottom design that covers the bezel of the
light to protect the lens, yet open at the muzzle end to
allow debris to fall through. This traditional thumb break
holster features a belt loop design, allowing the pistol
to be carried both strongside or in a cross draw mode.
...
Whether or not you’re in a life threatening situation,
it is essential that your equipment provide the very best
protection against the hazards that may arise. Two products
from Hatch,
a leading supplier of gloves and other protective gear
for the law enforcement, corrections, military, homeland
defense and commercial markets, do just that.
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