Gildans market dominance is not limited to just custom t-shirts. It also includes custom polo shirts. With custom tee shirt sales slumping industry wide, custom polo shirts have not been spared. Total industry sales slipped -10.4% in April compared to a year earlier. Gildan ended April with a 43% market share followed by Hanes ay 25.6%. Gildan lost 1.4% of share compared to Hanes slide of -18.6% of its previous market share according the latest Crest Summary Report.

With price pressure on custom printed apparel markets, Blue Heron Has introduced custom printed polo shirts in its on demand, no minimum order web portal. The company believes that custom printed polo shirts will eventually augment custom tee shirt sales in a meaningful way. Blue Heron has chosen to integrate the full line of custom Gildan polo shirts into its product offering. The complete listing will be available June 1, 2011.

Blue Heron Industries, Inc. is a leading supplier of direct-to-garment custom printed t-shirts, polo shirts and fleece. The company also produces screen printing and embroidery in house.

05/25/2011
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