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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.
Seminar Addresses Collections and Cash Flow
About 30 designers, manufacturers and industry executives turned out to discuss collecting on past-due invoices and increasing profitability at a July 29 l...
Another Legal Go-Round Erupts Over Roxy Name
Big-name apparel maker Quiksilver Inc. and small Los Angeles manufacturer Kymsta Corp. have headed to court again to discuss who has the rights to use the name “Roxy” o...
Tag-It Extends Deal With Levi's
Woodland Hills, Calif.–based trimmings supplier Tag-It Pacific Inc. has extended its exclusive deal with Levi Strauss & Co. to provide TekFit stretch waistbands for Levi...
Dockworkers, Shippers Agree to Hire 3,000 Longshore Workers
Cargo shipments at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are expected to speed up after the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) announced on July 29 a new hiring pro...
Lucky Brand Founders Partner in Jean Shop
West Coast denim enthusiasts Gene Montesano and Barry Perlman, founders of Lucky Brand Dungarees, have partnered with Creative Director Eric Goldstein to bow Jean Shop in New York’s M...
Warnaco to Acquire Ocean Pacific
After emerging from bankruptcy 12 years ago to ride a wave of success in the late 1990s, the Ocean Pacific Apparel Corp. is repositioning itself for the new millennium....
CMC to Redesign 2A
The California Market Center in Los Angeles is sprucing up an area of its 3-millionsquare- foot center that has been somewhat of a no man’s land for the past year....
UNITE, HERE Finalize Merger
Delegates of the United States’ main garment workers union, UNITE, voted July 8 to officially merge with HERE, the hospitality industry’s union, to form UNITE HERE, a single u...
Finding Fortune in T-Shirts and Surf
Vernon, Calif.–based T-shirt company diversifies with strategic licensing agreements and a partner in surf ...
Strike Averted at Calif. Ports
A strike at the ports of Long Beach, Calif., and Los Angeles was averted on July 9, when clerical workers and shippers negotiated an agreement....
DuPont's New Fiber Heads for China
Wilmington, Del.–based chemical manufacturer DuPont is betting on China to be a key supplier of its new polymer, Sorona...
Threat of Strikes Looms at Southern California's Ports
Apparel manufacturers and retailers are wringing their hands, worried that a series of problems at Southern California’s ports may delay overseas shipments when goods start arriving for the Backto- Sch...
Singer Sells Sewing Business
Singer NV, based in the Netherlands Antilles, has agreed to sell its sewing business and trademark for $125 million in cash and debt to an investment group managed by Mt. Kisco, N.Y.–...
Teched-Up Apparel to Take Center Stage at Olympic Games
Like the hundreds of athletes competing in next month’s Olympic Games in Greece, apparel makers will be looking to set new boundaries with a fresh crop of technology-driven apparel....
Seven Lawsuit Adds Up to Confusion
A long and drawn-out lawsuit dispute among the founders of Seven for All Mankind ended with a jury recommending that the creative forces behind the company be paid $5.5 million in pr...
