Zach Klein's Blog

May 10, 2010 at 4:10pm
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Cotton Caught in a Global Price War →

I have contacts in the cotton and t-shirt industries left over from my Busted Tees days. One of my guys wrote to say:

We are being told by our suppliers that there may be some disruption in supply and delivery of t-shirts this Spring and early Summer.

There is specifically a worldwide shortage of 30 singles cotton yarn - which is the yarn that American Apparel uses to make the shirts we are buying.

In addition to the basic shortage of cotton world wide - there are production interuptions from Gildan - with 25,000 factory workers basically disappearing in the Earthquake in Haiti - which translated into a shortage of production for basic cotton tees in the Americas of about 1 million units per week since the earthquake.

We are being told that things should be back to somewhat normal by next Fall - but that the next 90 days could be bumpy regarding sourcing shirts.

I wonder if American Apparel will pivot to diversify their product line away from cotton-based goods in order to balance their margins.

April 20, 2010 at 10:35am
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United States of Apple. Concentration of Apple owners segmented by metropolitan areas.

United States of Apple. Concentration of Apple owners segmented by metropolitan areas.

April 16, 2010 at 2:20pm
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NASA satellite captures ash plume of Icelandic volcano

NASA satellite captures ash plume of Icelandic volcano

April 13, 2010 at 4:51pm
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Cabin Porn →

I use this Tumblr to keep track of architecture and furniture that keeps me daydreaming about the farm I will build someday. We all need a carrot.

10:58am
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I think the Kin is cute.

I think the Kin is cute.

April 8, 2010 at 5:09pm
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Of all the people in human history who ever reached the age of 65, half are alive now.

— The shock of the old: Welcome to the elderly age

9:52am
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Mux Mool - Lady Linda

April 7, 2010 at 5:25pm
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My Svpply →

Now part of my universal feed.

5:23pm
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Reblogged from patrickmoberg
patrickmoberg:

Fact from Zach:

The sport of “stock car” racing got its start when moonshiners would modify their automobiles to outrun federal government revenue agents.

Send yours: http://patrickmoberg.com/facts/

I confirm that this is true.

patrickmoberg:

Fact from Zach:

The sport of “stock car” racing got its start when moonshiners would modify their automobiles to outrun federal government revenue agents.

Send yours: http://patrickmoberg.com/facts/

I confirm that this is true.

April 5, 2010 at 4:58pm
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I liked The Invention of Lying