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AmeriMark Direct was an American privately held mail order and direct marketing company founded in 1969 and based in Cleveland, Ohio, United States.It operated 10 catalogs and 7 websites [1] and specialized in ladies apparel, shoes, jewelry and accessories, perfumes, fragrances and cosmetics, diet and weight loss, personal care products, As Seen on TV products and housewares.
This category is for catalog merchants doing business by mail order catalog (mail-away). Subcategories.
Peosta, Iowa - Colony Brands, Inc. (order fulfillment) Hannibal, Missouri - SC Data Center, Inc. (customer service and order taking - closed 5/31/23) During the 1960s and 1970s, The Swiss Colony became known for a network of retail stores in shopping malls throughout the US, growing to more than 225 locations. [ 4 ]
A Norm Thompson's catalog was named the 1990 Catalog of the Year by the National Direct Mail Marketing Association. [11] Sales grew to around $70 million in 1991. [11] A downtown Portland retail store was added in May 1993 across from the Pioneer Place shopping center on Fourth Avenue at a cost of $1 million.
Fruit of the Loom is one of the largest manufacturers and marketers of underwear, printable T-shirts and fleece for the activewear industry, casualwear, women's jeanswear, and childrenswear. The company employs more than 32,400 people worldwide. [citation needed] The company is a vertically integrated manufacturer.
The new company acquired SulTex (Sulzer textile), a Swiss textile machinery manufacturing company, whose origins date back to 1834, and the exclusive producer of projectile looms in the world. [1] In 2012, the three historic brands – Somet, Vamatex and Sulzer/ Sultex – changed name and re-branded as one unique Itema brand. [2]
The family firm John Pilling and Sons Ltd, made hand, dandy and power looms from 1819. It started in Trawden making hand, dandy and then wooden framed wiper power looms and moved to Colne to make cast iron Lancashire Looms in 1849/50. They continued manufacturing until 1980.
Currently a subsidiary of global company Fruit of the Loom, Russell Athletic was the main brand of Russell Brands, LLC. until its acquisition in 2006. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Founded in 1902, the company produced team uniforms for a wide range of sports, such as American football , basketball , baseball , softball , and volleyball .