Posted: November 18, 2013 |
Jordan
From time to time I get asked by customers why we choose to ship with UPS and not any other carrier. Nothing is really black and white when choosing a carrier for your business. One might be better for international shipments while another might be best for shipping locally. We ship anywhere in the United States as well as Canada and feel that UPS is a great fit for The Adair Group. You can learn about the ways we ship by viewing The Adair Group shipping policy.
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Posted: November 4, 2013 |
Jordan
New merchandise is on the way to us here at The Adair Group in the form of packaged underwear and undershirts. I have a question for you....when you think of packaged underwear what are the two biggest brands you think of? I always think of Hanes and Fruit of the Loom. And I’m happy to report that Hanes Underwear will be in stock very soon. I should point out that Gildan has entered the packaged underwear business and they are poised to be a large player. When Gildan decides to get in...
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Posted: October 15, 2013 |
Jordan
As many of you know who purchases irregulars it can be very difficult to control what colors you receive. Due to the nature of irregulars, we are always at the mercy of what the mill sends us. If the mill is running a lot of black, we receive a lot of black. So how do we give our customers more options. We have done this in two ways:
We Carry First Quality- Yes the price is higher in first quality but we can guarantee we always have the goods in stock. Black, White, R...
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Posted: September 24, 2013 |
Jordan
I can't believe that summer is officially over. Before we know it October will be here. It starts getting colder at night and the leaves start to fall off the trees. October also signifies something very important, Breast Cancer awareness month. Did you know that over 200,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer annually? When I read this statistic I was floored as that seemed like a whole lot of people. The good news is if you diagnose it early, Breast Cancer has a high rate of ...
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Posted: August 27, 2013 |
Jordan
As a wholesale apparel company selling a wide array of customers both on our website and offline through traditional channels, we have had the pleasure of dealing with many different types of customers. I personally have dealt with everyone from buyers at 500 store discount chains all the way to moms looking to outfit kids for a birthday party. And I’ve got to tell you no two people are the same. What I can tell you is we at The Adair Group, have done, and will continue to do our b...
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Posted: July 10, 2013 |
Jordan
Sometimes we use the term private label when referring to our t-shirts and sweatshirts and customers do not know what that means. Private label simply means that the brand is not one of the major brands and is owned by a niche company. In the wholesale t-shirt business the main brands are Hanes, Gildan, Fruit of the Loom, Anvil, Jerzees, Delta, and Alstyle. There are several more but that gives you an idea. An example of a private label would be the bulk pullover hooded sweatshirts we c...
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Posted: June 26, 2013 |
Jordan
You many not realize this but the majority of t-shirts today are not made in the USA. Most of the country’s top mills(i.e. Hanes, Fruit of the Loom, Gildan, etc.) do most if not all of their manufacturing outside of the USA. If you check the labels in the shirts you will see a variety of countries. Think Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras, Haiti, etc. I have been down to Honduras personally and I can tell you that t-shirt manufacturing is serious business down there. They have terrific fa...
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Posted: June 11, 2013 |
Jordan
Many customers often ask us what is the difference between regular cotton and ring-spun cotton. The short short answer to this question is ring-spun is nicer and feels softer. Regular cotton is made from soft vegetable fiber, and is a completely different process than the ring-spun cotton process. These strands of cotton fiber are twisted together to make yarn that is then woven together to make a section of material. Regular cotton is used to make the industry standard t-shirts. Gildan, H...
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Posted: May 31, 2013 |
Jordan
We often get asked what brand is best when it comes to a t-shirt. Customers say there are so many and frankly all of the shirts look the same. Our customers are always looking for the best deal and the truth is there isn’t that much of a difference. For instance on the basic white tee, there are several brands that compete in what I call the value market. There is Gildan, Hanes, Fruit of the Loom, Jerzees, Delta, Anvil, and even Alstyle. Because the white t-shirt is a commodity, th...
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Posted: April 21, 2013 |
Jordan
So one question we are starting to get asked more and more is what is the deal with performance t-shirts? What does that term actually mean? Well its a very good question and one we think its important to know. These shirts have been around less than a decade and only in the past few years have they really been hitting the mainstream. Heck, even Gildan, the largest t-shirt manufacturer around just introduced their Gildan performance t-shirt. The first thing to understand is these are...
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