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The Desktop Revolution: How xTool is Democratizing Industrial-Grade Apparel Printing
| May 1, 2026
In the traditional apparel manufacturing landscape, the bridge between a creative concept and a finished garment has long been guarded by high entry barriers, complex industrial workflows, and prohibitive costs. However, a seismic shift is occurring. xTool, which has rapidly ascended to become the world’s second-largest DTF (Direct-to-Film) brand by GMV, is dismantling these barriers.
More Safeguard Petitions Filed
Just as temporary quotas closed on importing Chinese-made cotton knit tops, cotton pants and underwear, members of the apparel and textile industry filed more safeguard petitions to limit bringing in ...
Los Angeles Port Complex Skirts Shipping Delays
What a difference a year makes....
Rays Promotes Jodon for Body Glove
Irvine, Calif.–based Rays Apparel promoted Hollie Jodon to head designer of the company’s newly acquired Body Glove juniors sportswear division....
Guess Sets Expansion on International Markets and New Brands
To beef up sales, Guess? Inc. is casting an eye toward expanding in Asia, Europe and South America while working to make its new Marciano stores more competitive in the contemporary ...
Swim Exec Koplin Joins Tommy Bahama Swim
Tommy Bahama, the 13-year-old lifestyle brand that tries to infuse tropical living into resort fashion, said it launched an in-house women’s swimwear division that is being led by the former p...
TPC's New Board
The Professional Club, the industry networking group formerly called the Textile Professional Club, announced its new executive board at its fina...
Volcom Goes Public
Volcom Inc. performed an ollie over Wall Street in its initial public stock offering, which surged 41 percent from the opening price....
Earnings to Fall Short for Innovo
Executives at Innovo Group Inc., which makes premium and moderately priced blue jeans and knit tops, said the company’s revenues and profits for 2005 will fall short of analysts’ expectations....
CAFTA Moves Closer to Approval
Despite deep divisions in Congress, the Central American Free Trade Agreement is coming closer to reality....
Schools Get Creative in Preparing Students for Careers
Fashion colleges are tightening up their relationships with the apparel industry and developing new and unique work programs aimed at better preparing students for life in the real world....
Firestone Moves to L.A. Mart
Major gift industry wholesaler Firestone Marketing Group (formerly Firestone Associates) is leaving the California Market Center in Los Angeles to return to the L.A. Mart, w...
Tarrant Cancels Qorus Deal
Tarrant Apparel Group terminated its letter of intent with a Florida-based company to buy all the shares of a Tarrant subsidiary and turn it into a public corporation....
Raj Picks Up Hilfiger Swim
Raj Manufacturing Inc. obtained the women’s swimwear license for Tommy Hilfiger Corp., adding another prominent lifestyle brand to its licensing portfolio, which already inc...
Slowing Economy Seen in California Next Year
Economists at Chapman University predict that higher inflation rates, higher interest rates and a slower rate of job creation in California will impact consumers until the end of 2006....
Charting New Territory With 7/Great China Wall
In the competitive jeans market, industry leaders cannot afford to be complacent....
