A while ago I received a marketing mailer from the good ole' United States Postal Service (USPS). The mailer targeted marketers and covered various capabilities that the USPS had in direct marketing that were also environmentally friendly. The USPS also had a short survey they asked recipients to compete. As an incentive/reward for completing the survey, I would get an organic cotton tee shirt.
Nice. But it's no iPad/iPod/iTouch/iPhone. As all good marketers know, you can get people to do just about anything by offering the chance to win any product with an "i" in front of its name from that little tech company in California that's named after the pomaceous fruit of the Malus domestica. Complete a survey, walk 10 yards through molten lava, swim across a river full of starved piranha with an exceptionally bad disposition, skydive without a parachute, climb Everest without oxygen, slather themselves with Stubb's BBQ sauce and enter a lion's den or the lair of the rainbow speckled north-eastern Mexican chupacabra…….you get the picture. But that is the topic for another post – perhaps.
Fast forward a week or two and the tee shirt arrived. It had the name of the USPS campaign emblazoned on the front as well as the USPS logo - nothing surprising there. What was surprising was when I went to check the shirt size the label said Made in USA!!!! I couldn't believe it! From my unscientific observation, every t-shirt that I have purchased over the past 5 years has come from all corners of the world except the USA. Moreover, this t-shirt was very well made and comfortable to boot. I immediately flipped the label to get the name of the company.........A.S. Tees.
I immediately started searching the Internet to find out more about A.S. Tees and to see if they had website. And it was pretty neat what I found on their website.
"A.S. Tees was formed in 1997 as a private label t-shirts manufacturer. Over the years, we have expanded our scope of operations to include distribution of our own line of products under the A.S. Tees label and manufacturing custom designs. Our primary goal, however, still remains the same- to make fantastic products at great prices, domestically. A.S. Tees strives to keep the manufacturing in the U.S. while staying competitive. Our garments are made in the Southeastern United States. Much of our production is achieved at A.S. Tees Manufacturing, our production facility in Salley, South Carolina."
A.S. Tees' employees are provided with a healthy work environment. Employees are provided with benefits such as retirement plans, paid vacations, and health and dental coverages. We feel that our satisfied employees help us deliver a quality and competitive product to our customers.
As a response for the need to better our earth, we are proud to introduce our new eco-friendly line. Make a difference for your future with what you wear today. Less pesticides, minimal water consumption, resilient bamboo plants, replace man-made fertilizers; these all come down to one factor, a healthier planet. You can help make a difference, too."
While A.S. Tees is a private label manufacturer, if your company or organization is in need of lots of t-shirts for a company event, trade show, product launch, employee give-a-ways, etc., you should give A.S. Tees serious consideration.
Below are just a fraction of the styles and colors they offer.
Wow! A.S. Tees actively attempts to make all of its products in the U.S.A., provides its employees with meaningful benefits and produce shirts made with minimal impact to the environment. Oh yeah, all that and the quality is great. What more could a patriotic shopper ask for? Nothing! So go buy some Tees from A.S. Tees now.
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