RFID Retail: TAGSYS Launches UHF RFID System For Apparel Industry From www.rfidsolutionsonline.com/ TAGSYS, the global leader in item-level RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) infrastructure, demonstrated their complete ultra-high frequency ("UHF") RFID infrastructure designed specifically for the unique needs of the apparel industry at Euroshop 2008. TAGSYS is one of only a few companies to deliver an item-level RFID infrastructure to both manufacturers and retailers that follow products through the entire supply chain to point of sale (POS)", explains Olivier Burah, TAGSYS Vice...

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Columbia Sportswear First Global Apparel Company to Receive Seal ... From FOXBusiness PORTLAND, Ore., Feb 21, 2008 (PrimeNewswire via COMTEX) -- Columbia Sportswear (Nasdaq:COLM), a global leader in the active outdoor apparel and footwear industries, today announced its partnership with The Skin Cancer Foundation and introduced a new Omni-Shade(tm) sun protective apparel line. The Skin Cancer Foundation is the first organization in the United States to commit itself to educating the public and medical professionals about sun safety and is the only global organization solely...

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Evinix Accessories to launch retail store brand soon From Business Standard Evinix Accessories is soon launching Comfortable Urban and Trendy (CUT), a retail store brand, that will offer apparels and accessories through combination pricing strategy to suit the budget of the customer. Raujeev Taneja, managing director, Evinix Accessories, said, Our research indicated that though youngsters are increasingly preferring branded clothing, they are looking for variety instead of being fashion conscious.

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College students salvage vintage apparel From Baltimore Sun For days, Greenstone, 20, and other students toiled in a Smith College theater workshop, immersed in the intricacies of repairing vintage garments in Smith's growing antique apparel collection. After a week of training from a textile preservation specialist, the 12 students from Smith and Mount Holyoke colleges say they'll use their new skills to restore other vintage pieces in each school's collection. They were so delicate that we never could take them out and show them off," said Kiki...

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Place as Apparel From Hartford Courant Last summer, I drove to a "premium outlet" shopping center called Wrentham Village outside of Boston, and while its name recalled that of the 17th-century English architect Sir Christopher Wren, the place would have baffled its architectural namesake. Not that this village-in-a-vacuum is badly designed or poorly built: As such places go, Wrentham Village has a more substantial feel than other outlet malls I've visited. Wrentham Village may be more about what the foreign image of America is...

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