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Customs Delay Becomes Darn It’s Problem…

January 17, 2019

"Customs” is practically a 4-letter word in the apparel industry. When Customs holds up your shipment, it can be your worst nightmare. Nagging questions keep you awake at night: Will your shipment arrive in time for the sales promotion? Will the delay impact revenue targets?

Overcoming impossible odds to pick/pack 55,000 coats

Overcoming impossible odds to pick/pack 55,000 coats

December 13, 2018

In the apparel industry, some items are small and easy to manage. Wallets and wristlets come to mind. Other items – such as bulky winter coats – require significant square footage. Plus, the sheer bulk makes it challenging to process the goods and pack shipments. Thankfully, at Darn It! Distribution, we have plenty of space in our Apparel Warehouse and highly trained employees who provide value-added services.

“!Dios mio! We need tri-lingual labels!”

“!Dios mio! We need tri-lingual labels!”

November 8, 2018

An online retailer planned to sell 7,000 baseball caps, at $35 each, to residents in Canada, Mexico, and the United States. To comply with international laws, all information on the labels must be in three languages: English, French, and Spanish.

Apparel Inspection and Re-Labeling - If it doesn’t fit, don’t quit!

Apparel Inspection and Re-Labeling – If it doesn’t fit, don’t quit!

November 8, 2018

In the world of apparel, back-to-school shopping isn’t just about kids. Mom will often outfit herself while outfitting her young students. This is a brief, critical selling season that no apparel retailer can afford to miss.

Whoa, snap!

September 27, 2018

Imagine being the distribution center manager and finding this: Boxes of Navy rain jackets sporting bright-yellow snaps instead of matching Navy snaps. With such an outlandish color scheme, this jacket would NEVER fly off the shelves. In fact, the only place the jacket would sell like hot cakes would be the University of Michigan. Unfortunately, this retailer was based in Seattle.

Don’t Slip into Fall like Jeff Did

Don’t Slip into Fall like Jeff Did…It Will hurt!

August 16, 2018

Our President and Owner, Jeff Glassman, did slip and fall this summer and broke his wrist. After successful surgery, and two months of physical therapy, he should have full use of his arm and wrist. It’s just going to be a painful recovery. These types of situations are always unfortunate and unexpected. Unexpected issues pop up every day in the retail and wholesale world. Especially during peak inbound season which is upon us. There are ways to minimize the pain and shorten the recovery period. Look below at ways to protect yourself as fall is approaching.

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A vital link in the apparel supply chain: Third-party refurbishers help to get first-quality condition garments to market

July 13, 2018

The apparel industry’s supply chain crisscrosses the globe. In concept, that’s pretty exciting. In reality, it’s fraught with complications. Your supply chain can be interrupted due to all kinds of…

Darn It was a lifesaver

For apparel e-retailers, a third-party refurbisher is a key member of your virtual team – and a lifesaver when things go wrong

June 20, 2018

Imagine this scenario: Black Friday is just a few weeks away. A critical shipment of garments you’re promoting has arrived on time, however, the units do not meet specifications. Now…

Kitting Merchandise: 5 Creative Specialty Packaging Ideas To Spark Your Imagination (And Increase Sales)

May 31, 2018

Q: How can you perk up sales? A: Specialty promotional packages. Our customers – large general merchandise/apparel distributors and retailers – regularly ask Darn It! to kit specialty promotional packages…

Returns Processing

Busting at the seams! When you can’t stay on top of returns processing, unsold goods take up space – and don’t bring “ka-ching”

April 10, 2018

Whew! A peak season has passed. But now you walk into your Distribution Center and realize your hardworking team simply can’t catch up. Piles of returned items need to be inspected, refolded, and repackaged.

Disappearing Ink Still on Your Shirts?

Disappearing Ink Still on Your Shirts?

January 18, 2018

Unless an apparel manufacturer is completely automated, the only way to set a pocket or mark for new buttons, or to sew any item onto a specific place on a garment is with a disappearing marking pen or pencil. They have used them for years and years.

Apparel Inspection: Everyone Is Entitled to One Good Scare

Apparel Inspection: Everyone Is Entitled to One Good Scare

October 31, 2017

Happy Halloween and welcome to crunch time for all manufacturers, importers and retailers. This is the time when your “Just In Time Inventory” planning turns into “I NEED IT NOW” inventory planning.

Apparel Inspection: Bugs In Your Sweater?

October 16, 2017

We know that it is a very gross subject to write about and to even think about, but weren’t surprised when one of our customers called and asked us to inspect 12,000 sweaters due to some lovely dead insects inside some of the poly bags.

Garment Relabeling - There Goes My Cashmere Sweater!!

Garment Relabeling – There Goes My Cashmere Sweater!!

August 24, 2017

Have you ever mistakenly washed your beautiful cashmere sweater in the washing machine and then realized that your nice sweater will only fit your 5-year old now. It not only shrunk a few sizes, it shrunk an entire generation!!

Are the Patches Falling Off of Your Jeans

Are the Patches Falling Off of Your Jeans?

August 2, 2017

What if the patches on 3,200 jeans were coming off? What if these jeans were high fashion (i.e. “cool”) jeans with very trendy patches that were peeling off? And to top it off, what if these jeans were on the home page of your website starting in two weeks?

Apparel Refurbisher: The Vital Link!

June 7, 2017

A Refurbisher partnership is the Vital Link to any supply chain. You may ask, what is An Apparel Refurbisher and is there such as word as Refurbisher? As discussed in the latest Blog in “Supply Chain Matters”, our CEO, Jeff Glassman, talks about why all retailers, manufacturers, wholesalers and importers should partner with a Refurbishment Company and how important it is to the supply chain of any company.

Apparel Warehousing – Add Value: Partner With Darn It!

May 10, 2017

Does your current warehouse operation have limited resources when you ask them to perform tasks "Outside the Box"? Apparel Warehousing or General Merchandise Warehousing customers of Darn It Inc. appreciate all of the many offerings contained under one roof.

Apparel Crisis Management

Apparel Repair: Apparel Crisis Management

February 23, 2017

HEAD GAMES…What goes through our customer’s heads when faced with an issue with a shipment of apparel that they can’t put on the shelves or ship out to the consumer. They find that they are dealing with a major quality issue. Many words come to mind that we can’t put into print. The phrase that all of us hope comes to mind first is Darn It!

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Apparel Repair: Is Your Clothing Bleeding

January 17, 2017

Have you ever received a shipment of garments where the white is discolored and looks very pink or blue? Or have your customers complained that your red sweaters are staining their other garments? If this occurs, call the Darn It Apparel Repair Team right away! We have many first aid remedies for these issues.

Apparel Repair Tis the Season for Smelly Garments

Apparel Repair: “Tis the Season for Smelly Garments!

December 9, 2016

Have you ever received a shipment of goods with a strong odor? Do the garments or other items have a mold or mildew smell. Do they smell like oil or gas? What do you do with it? What if the musty smelling goods represented $1.6 million dollars at retail and you can’t put them on the shelves as they would stink up the whole store? Darn It’s Apparel Repair team can help.

Apparel Relabeling – 120% Polyester??

Apparel Relabeling – 120% Polyester??

October 18, 2016

Hello world!

Apparel Relabeling - Are Your Bras Too Tight?

Apparel Relabeling – Are Your Bras Too Tight?

September 15, 2016

Of course, this is not just a problem for the women here…This can also be a problem for the men.

Apparel Repair--Examine Your Zipper!

Apparel Repair: Examine Your Zipper!

July 27, 2016

What happens when your zipper gets stuck? Hopefully nothing got stuck in the process. But I guess you would get very frustrated. You would try and try to zip it up and down with no avail. You pull at the fabric, you pull at the zipper pull. Nothing.

Garment Inspection – Are Your Measurements out of Whack??

Garment Inspection – Are Your Measurements out of Whack??

June 29, 2016

Has your quality control department ever brought to your attention that certain measurements in one of your shipments isn’t matching up with the original factory specifications? Is it that far off that you have to hold back the shipment and not send it off to the stores?

Apparel Warehousing

Apparel Warehousing Gives Back (Pack)

May 31, 2016

What an incredible feeling it was when some of the Darn It! Warehouse and Distribution team members joined forces with its customer, STATE Bags, to give back to the South Coast community.

20 Years of Garment Inspection and Repair!!

April 28, 2016

We are very excited to announce the 20th anniversary of Darn It! Inc. It's hard to believe that it has been 20 years since we started a new venture Inspecting and Repairing Garments. Over the years, we have evolved from a cut and sew manufacturing operation into a full service Quality Inspection and Warehouse / Distribution business.

Apparel Inspection: It’s OK to Wet your Pants!!

March 21, 2016

We got a frantic call from one of our customers last year asking us for help. The cartons were crushed and the pants were soaked in two containers. We requested samples immediately and once we reviewed them, it was determined that we could help.

Darn It! featured in SGR Magazine

July 17, 2014

Family-owned Darn It! Inc., located south of Boston in a 300,000 square foot facility, has announced that it’s now offering warehousing, distribution, refurbishment and quality control services for both large and small suppliers across the U.S., Europe and Asia.

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