Selecting the Best Shipping Method....

Selecting the Best Shipping Method….

From time to time I get asked by customers why we choose to ship with UPS and not any other carrier. Nothing is really black and white when choosing a carrier for your business. One might be better for international shipments while another might be best for shipping locally. We ship anywhere in the

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Coming Soon...Hanes Underwear!

Coming Soon…Hanes Underwear!

New merchandise is on the way to us here at The Adair Group in the form of packaged underwear and undershirts.  I have a question for you....when you think of packaged underwear what are the two biggest brands you think of?  I always think of Hanes and Fruit of the Loom.  And I’m happy to repor

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New Assortments Are Here....

New Assortments Are Here….

As many of you know who purchases irregulars it can be very difficult to control what colors you receive.  Due to the nature of irregulars, we are always at the mercy of what the mill sends us.  If the mill is running a lot of black, we receive a lot of black.  So how do we give our customers mor

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Wear Pink Tie Dye for a Cure!

I can't believe that summer is officially over.  Before we know it October will be here.  It starts getting colder at night and the leaves start to fall off the trees.  October also signifies something very important, Breast Cancer awareness month.  Did you know that over 200,000 women are diagn

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We Are Here To Please...

We Are Here To Please…

As a wholesale apparel company selling a wide array of customers both on our website and offline through traditional channels, we have had the pleasure of dealing with many different types of customers.  I personally have dealt with everyone from  buyers at 500 store discount chains all the way

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Private Label T-Shirts

Private Label T-Shirts

Sometimes we use the term private label when referring to our t-shirts and sweatshirts and customers do not know what that means.  Private label simply means that the brand is not one of the major brands and is owned by a niche company.  In the wholesale t-shirt business the main brands are Hanes,

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T-Shirt Manufacturing in the USA?

T-Shirt Manufacturing in the USA?

You many not realize this but the majority of t-shirts today are not made in the USA.  Most of the country’s top mills(i.e. Hanes, Fruit of the Loom, Gildan, etc.) do most if not all of their manufacturing outside of the USA.  If you check the labels in the shirts you will see a variety of count

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What Are Ring-Spun Cotton T-Shirts?

What Are Ring-Spun Cotton T-Shirts?

Many customers often ask us what is the difference between regular cotton and ring-spun cotton.  The short short answer to this question is ring-spun is nicer and feels softer.  Regular cotton is made from soft vegetable fiber, and is a completely different process than the ring-spun cotton proces

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Different Brands - Same T-Shirts?

Different Brands – Same T-Shirts?

We often get asked what brand is best when it comes to a t-shirt.   Customers say there are so many and frankly all of the shirts look the same. Our customers are always looking for the best deal and the truth is there isn’t that much of a difference.  For instance on the basic white tee, ther

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Performance T-Shirts are Here to Stay!

Performance T-Shirts are Here to Stay!

So one question we are starting to get asked more and more is what is the deal with performance t-shirts?  What does that term actually mean?  Well its a very good question and one we think its important to know.  These shirts have been around less than a decade and only in the past few years h

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