Threadless.com’s new business model

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Two big things have changed in the e-retailer’s business model, Ryan explained. First, Threadless is no longer just producing T-shirts, but also putting the designs that artists submit, and community members vote for, on such items as wallets, laptop sleeves, backpacks and totes. Second, Threadless increasingly is working with other companies to produce products that these partners sell, often offline.

Seems that the new Threadless management are keen to push forwards with growth plans but it will be interesting to see if the original core customers will like the changes or simply think the brand ethos is being diluted. What do you think?

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Ethical weather t-shirts from the Met Office

In collaboration with an eco-clothing company, the national weather forecaster has developed a range of T-shirts emblazoned with its famous weather symbols.

Designs include their cloud symbol with a bolt of lightning signifying stormy weather, and a fashionable adaptation of a the rainy weather symbol featuring a cloud with rain drops in the shape of cats and dogs

I wonder which one will be the most popular? I guess the storm one?

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Where t-shirts go to heaven

In a plain, red-brick warehouse in New Jersey, a lump of used clothing is zooming down a conveyor belt. A Hispanic woman examines the lump, and tosses it on another conveyor belt. Another woman picks it up and examines it again. People who work at Manhattan T-shirt boutiques had whispered to me that this place was vintage T-shirt heaven, a mecca. The warehouse owner looks at me, shrugs, and says, “It’s a recycling business.

 

4000 free t-shirts for Apple fans who queue for new store opening

Apparently, some of the people that wait for days or hours in a line for the grand opening of new Apple Stores aren’t there to buy gadgets; they are there for the free t-shirts

Apparently some people have no taste either - the t-shirts in question are so boring!

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Old Navy Prints Wrong Dates on T-Shirts

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Old Navy has produced a line of collegiate T-shirts, but unfortunately didn’t do its homework, printing incorrect founding years for three of the 29 universities featured. As Yahoo! Sports blog Dr. Saturday reports, the retailer printed 1820, 1878, and 1881 as the founding years for the University of Iowa, Colorado and Arizona, respectively. The actual founding years are 1847 (a 27-year difference from Old Navy’s version!), 1876, and 1885.

Bound to be collectors items!

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Chicken chain takes on t-shirt entrepreneur

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Vermont entrepreneur Bo Muller-Moore is taking on a popular fast food restaurant chain.


He sells a line of t-shirts that read "Eat More Kale."


But Chick Fil A has trademarked the phrase "Eat Mor Chikin."

Seems like this guy has a good chance of winning. What do you think?

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Burton and Mountain Dew set to make recycled plastic bottles into t-shirts

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This first collection of t-shirts is just a taste of what Burton and Mountain Dew have planned when it comes to integrating recycled plastic bottles into fabric. For future product lines, the brands will continue to increase the number of styles that use this sustainable fabric, with outerwear being the next key focus. Starting in the fall of 2012, Burton will also expand distribution of these products to Burton Authorized Dealers, so local snowboard shops can carry these new, sustainable outerwear and apparel styles.

A very interesting joint venture from two big US brands

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£100 design it yourself t-shirts from Sunspel

For the new t-shirt service, you can choose from two fits. Slim, which is cut close to the body rather than being spray-on tight, and Relaxed, a wider fit that's slightly longer in the body, has a looser armhole and longer sleeve. You can go with or without a breast pocket (£110 with, £100 without), which can be made up in one of the 25 or so colour options from the Sunspel archive. The same colour options apply to the main t-shirt body and neck binding.

Rather expensive for a custom t-shirt!