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Superior Recognized for Design Excellence During 2010 Image of the Year Awards
Superior Uniform Group, Inc., the image apparel company, announced today that two of its customers, Hilton Hotels (Hotels Multiple) and Ruby’s Restaurant Group (Restaurants - Multi Units), took home winning trophies from this year’s National Association of Uniform Manufacturers and Distributors (NAUMD) Image of the Year (IOY) Award ceremony. The Image of the Year Awards, held on March 6th at the Rio All Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, recognized leaders in the corporate uniform and image apparel industry. This is Superior’s fourth straight year claiming an Image of the Year win.
Safariland Adds Two New NIJ Standard-0101.06 Models to its Family of Armor SolutionsNew models from the Safariland™ Second Chance® Summit™ Series and the PROTECH® Tactical series offer concealable and tactical ballistic protection The SM01 Type II and Type IIIA are part of the Second Chance, Summit Series for concealable armor. Additionally, PROTECH Tactical will be featuring the SM01 Type IIIA as the primary armor model available across its full range of side-opening style tactical vests. The SM01 Type II was tested against the 9mm & .357 mag. NIJ-designated rounds. The SM01 Type IIIA was tested against the .357 Sig & .44 mag. Both models are hybrid armor designs featuring Core Matrix® technology and high performance Honeywell® Gold Shield® ballistic material. Gold Shield provides enhanced ballistic performance along with improved chemical, environmental and water ...  Mumbai firefighters get new uniforms in 100 yearsIn their plumed helmets, dark blue tunics with shiny brass buttons, trousers and rubber gumboots, Mumbai's firefighters cut a dash as they ride the streets on their ageing red engines.But the time has now come for them to hang up the uniforms whose design has remained unchanged for nearly 100 years to meet the demands of 21st century fire-fighting. "The woollen uniform we have been using dates back to British (colonial) times," said divisional fire officer P.S. Rahangdale. "It offered limited protection. "Now the safety standards are very high. We are going for the whole revamp. New investment is required as technology progresses. Now we are getting the best quality in the world," he told AFP. From this month, all the city's firefighters will be given helmets with protective visors, in-built ... New Research: What Motivates Buyers to Receive and Engage with Vendor Email?At last month’s MarketingSherpa Email Summit, Bob Johnson, VP and Principal Analyst, IDG Connect, presented exclusive new research into technology buyers’ email opinions and habits. Topics included factors that influence buyers to opt-in and open vendor email, and how specific content and offers affect subsequent actions, such as pass-along and clickthrough.We’re now highlighting key takeaways from that research. First is a look at the value buyers place on email as an information source, and which factors make them more likely to receive email from a vendor. Includes four new charts and insights into what the numbers mean for marketers.
The good news for B2B marketers is that buyers still consider email one of the most valuable sources of product and services information during a purchase ...
 2010 Image of the Year Award Winners Announced
Winners leverage employee appearance and brand as a business differentiator in a competitive market
For more than 31 years, the NAUMD IOY awards have recognized high achievement in the design, creation and manufacture of imagewear apparel. The winning programs reveal innovative concepts that merge fashion and function with brand image. They are the result of careful collaboration between manufacturer and client and dem... UniformMarket to Exhibit eCommerce Solutions at NAUMD and CSCNetworkFor Immediate Release
Northbrook, IL, March 1 – UniformMarket hits the road this week, bringing its complete line of uniform industry eCommerce solutions to two popular industry events. The company will be on hand at both the National Alliance of Independent Launderers' CSCNetwork Exhibit, March 4, and the NAUMD Convention and Trade Show in Las Vegas, March 6-7.
Cherokee Inspired Comfort Award Program Call for NominationsCherokee Uniforms will now accept nominations through May 31, 2010 for its annual Inspired Comfort Award, a national program to honor healthcare professionals for their exceptional service, sacrifice and innovation. The award's past 76 recipients embody the humanity and commitment that characterize the nation's healthcare professionals – illustrating why those in healthcare are among America's most trusted professionals."Our nation's healthcare professionals are unsung heroes who are highly intelligent, skilled and compassionate, and they deserve our sincerest thanks for the outstanding work that they perform often in incredibly challenging conditions," said Michael Singer, president and CEO of Cherokee Uniforms. "The Cherokee Inspired Comfort Award provides an opportunity for anyone to te... Schwartz: Blues not back full time, for nowPsst! Blues might be coming back every day of the week. Not anytime soon, says Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz, but there is the possibility — and here’s why: Schwartz’s boss, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, told his joint staff members at the start of the year that service dress uniforms are the uniform of the day. So now, airmen who work for Gates — officers and enlisted members — are showing up at the Pentagon in blues every day, enduring the scratchy material and daydreaming about their roomier, no-iron fatigues. If change starts at the top and works its way down, ask yourself this if you work in an office: How much longer can it be before I’m wearing my service dress uniform for the whole workweek, too? Schwartz isn’t looking at “any immediate changes” to the current uniform... Elkinson Indicted on Fraud ChargesA federal grand jury has indicted Richard Elkinson, the alleged orchestrator of a multimillion dollar Ponzi scheme, on fraud charges The indictment, returned to the U.S. Department of Justice late yesterday (Wednesday) says the 76-year-old Framingham man perpetrated a large scale investment fraud scheme. According to the indictment, Elkinson defrauded about 130 investors. Their losses are in the millions of dollars. Elkinson's alleged sham centers on the him convincing investors that he brokered government contracts for uniforms and hats through a Japanese manufacturer. The federal government alleges that Elkinson's representations to investors concerning such an operation were false and that he repaid investors who requested payment on notes due with money he received from other investors. El...  Airline Uniforms Secretly Sold to Sex ClubsAir travel might not be so sexy these days, but in Japan plenty of people are willing to pay top dollar for an experience with a club entertainer clad in an authentic Japan Airlines flight attendant uniform. JAL, Asia's largest airline, which declared bankruptcy in January, is now diligently working to ensure that its uniforms don't slip into the wrong hands as the airline faces massive layoffs, especially among its uniform-wearing crew. JAL this week announced it would cut its work force by 2,700, or about 5 percent. People have been known to pay thousands of dollars for the outfits of JAL and rival airline All Nippon Airways, or ANA. Joan Sinclair, a photographer who put together a book called "Pink Box: Inside Japan's Sex Clubs" said there is a big market for such uniforms, which women in ...
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