One Mann's Opinion

We may have entered a new decade, but one of the livelihoods of doing business has still remained the same: technology. In the apparel industry today, you literally cannot afford to be without a reliable PLM system, let alone web and e-commerce applications—a retail shopping cart, a wholesale web interface that operates in real time, and website development services. One such company that offers these technology solutions and services is Apparel Information Management Systems, more simply known as AIMS.

AIMS already serves more than 2,500 apparel manufacturers, wholesalers, importers and distributors and has been going strong coast-to-coast for more than 25 years. Founded and headed by fashion industry professionals, AIMS’ applications embrace production, inventory management, distribution, back-office logistics, accounting, order processing, marketing and promotion—all enabling clients to streamline, automate and speed their operations. Now the company is expanding this presence further by affiliation with other organizations, and is already introducing the company and its broadening range of applications to industry executives throughout the area.

This month our photo events span from all across the country! The American Liver Foundation’s Greater New York Division recently honored three individuals who have presented Faces of Hope in the fight against liver disease. The Gala, which raised more than $450,000, was hosted by John Elliot, meteorologist on CBS. Nora Ephron, three time Academy Award Nominee, addressed more than 400 people recently at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City at Women Helping Women, the annual breakfast benefiting Dress for Success Worldwide. FashInvest: “Where Fashion Meets Finance” recently hosted its initial event at the offices of Duane Morris, LLP in New York City. A sold-out crowd of over 150 fashion entrepreneurs were in attendance. Hosted by India’s Council for Leather Exports, The Indian Consulate and NML International Inc., twenty-three of India’s premiere leather apparel and accessory manufacturers, took to Manhattan to showcase their products at Know Leather/India. As part of its 75th Anniversary celebration, Scully & Scully hosted a champagne reception to welcome Henry and James Deakin, English handmade cufflink makers, to New York. And lastly, THINK PR recently held its 4th Annual Pre-Sundance Gifting Lounge at the W Los Angeles-Westwood. With a desire to stand out amidst the saturated swag scene in Park City and the need to prepare Hollywood talent for travel to the festival, the concept to produce a Pre-Sundance gifting lounge in Los Angeles was born.

This month we celebrate Women’s History with ladies who have truly shaped the industry—and two of them have done so literally! In an effort to further shape the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC) at Mount Sinai, please join me at The Mann Foundation’s 5th Annual Mann of the Year awards on Monday, April 19th, at Cipriani 42nd Street. Feel free to visit our live, online journal at
www.MannoftheYear.com!

Regards,
Jeff Mann

“I design for the woman who loves being a woman.” -Diane von Furstenberg