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Shades of Joy

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THE 10 BIGGEST U.S. APPAREL COMPANIES

From June 25 to July 4, we'll be examining — and at times, celebrating — all things American made, from the state of U.S. apparel manufacturing to American-born models on the rise. You can follow all of our coverage  here . When it comes to sales, Europe’s leading fast fashion brands have the American competition almost wholly beat — Oregon-based  Nike  excepted. With nearly $31 billion in annual sales, driven by the unprecedented growth of the activewear market, and Nike's own strong branding and global product offering, not even H&M, which brought in around $22 billion last year, is close to topping it. Nor are America's other apparel brands, the largest of which,  Ralph Lauren , generated $7.6 billion in 2014. Because it’s almost America’s birthday, we decided to compile a list of the biggest U.S. apparel brands according to sales, which you can see below. As we mentioned, Nike came out on top by a large margin, ...

10 Simple and Impressive Design Techniques

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1. Add Contrast  Link Sadly, adding extra contrast is one of the most overlooked and under-used techniques. Joost de Valk  makes great use of thin, high-contrast lines that make it easy for the user to distinguish between different section of the page. In the enlarged portion of the above screenshot, you can see that most of the time this contrast is just a lightly colored 1-pixel line next to a dark 1-pixel line. On the other hand, the “More” and “Go”buttons on his home page have so little contrast that they’re easy to miss even when you’re looking for them. WordPress  uses color to add contrast to its most popular link, “Download.” The red stands out among the calm palette of blues and grays but isn’t so bright that it hurts to look at it. If you’re in doubt about whether you need more contrast, think of it a bit like applying makeup, strangely. The idea is not to get people to say, “Hey, look! Con...

Monogram Peace Designs

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Businesses & Business Events: Special Offers

1. Groups of 4-24 people get 22% off of orders. 2. Groups of 25-67people get 33% off of orders. 3. Groups of 68-101 people get 44% off of orders. 4. Groups of 102 & up people get 55% off of orders. Posted via Blogaway

Family & Holiday Special Offers

1. Groups of 4-35 people get 24% off of orders. 2. Groups of 36-85 people get 34% off of orders. 3. Groups of 86-148 people get 44% off of orders. 4. Groups of 149 & up people get 54% off of orders. Posted via Blogaway

School Special Offers

Elementary Schools : Events, Graduations, etc. 1. Groups of 5-15 people get 15% off of orders. 2. Groups of 16-40 people get 25% off of orders. 3. Groups of 41-75 people get 35% off of orders. 4. Groups of 76-154 people get 45% off of orders. 5. Groups of 155 & up get 55% off of orders. High Schools: Events, Graduations, etc. 1. Groups of 6-40 people get 30% off of orders. 2. Groups of 41-77 people get 40% off of orders. 3. Groups of 78-155 people get 50% off of orders. 4. Groups of 156 & up get 60% off of orders. Colleges & Universities: Events, Graduations, etc. 1. Groups of 10-50 people get 20% off of orders. 2. Groups of 51-80 people get 30% off of orders. 3. Groups of 81-160 people get 40% off of orders. 4. Groups of 161-210 & up get 50% off of orders. 5. Groups of 211 & up get 60% off of orders. Posted via Blogaway