As a result of obstacles faced in 2020, highlighted by the pandemic, brands are now looking to invest more deeply in a smaller number of suppliers, but at the same time asking these partners to bring more to the table. This emerging trend is evident in the recent State of Fashion Report 2021 that...

Companies around the team sports business are certainly struggling with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on spring and summer sales, but many are finding ways to stay open and to reward loyal employees that have made that possible.

Following up on the CDC’s new recommendation that everyone should wear a cloth face cover in public settings, a number of team sports suppliers have shifted production to making protective face masks.

Reports keep coming across our desks about a number of suppliers to the team industry pivoting their manufacturing resources from their traditional products into COVID-19-related goods. Here are four of them...

ReChaco is resetting. As of Monday, March 30, the Rockford, MI-based factory that creates custom footwear and repairs older footwear for Wolverine’s sandal brand is now in the medical mask-making business.