Ideas, tutorials, and product inspiration built around blank apparel and customization.
November 18, 2013
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 […]
November 4, 2013
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 […]
October 15, 2013
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 […]
September 24, 2013
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 […]
August 27, 2013
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 […]
July 10, 2013
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 […]
June 26, 2013
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 […]
June 11, 2013
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 […]
May 31, 2013
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, […]
April 21, 2013
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 […]
March 15, 2013
Once again we are back at it with rolling out new products! Just this week we have added two more Adult Tie Dye T-Shirts to our collection. We now have a Pink Ribbon Cancer Awareness Tie Dye T-Shirt and a Black Cyclone Tie Dye T-Shirt. We are especially excited about the Pink Ribbon Tie Dye design! We […]
March 7, 2013
A question we get all the time is “Do you guys screen print?” and the answer is no. We specialize in selling the blank t-shirts at low prices. By buying the blanks from us and taking them to a screen printer you can save money on your total cost because the printer usually makes money on […]