by Julie Johnson Novara | May 12, 2020 | News, Our Community, Supply Chain, Sustainability
Image: Paige Green Photography We invite you to think with us for a moment about what our communities will look like when the 2020 pandemic has passed, face mask sales have dwindled, and we have the opportunity to shift our focus back to building local supply chains...
by Julie Johnson Novara | Apr 28, 2020 | News, Supply Chain, Sustainability
Here’s a snapshot of the current landscape of the fashion industry from our friends at universities around the world and at Parsons School of Design in New York… The fashion industry is facing increasing global scrutiny of its environmentally polluting...
by Julie Johnson Novara | Apr 13, 2020 | REHANCE, Sustainability, T-Shirt Options
Environmentally conscious customers will love the REHANCE process–a higher quality, eco-friendly alternative to traditional t-shirt printing methods, and it’s unique to TS Designs. Let’s talk shop for a minute. Traditional Printing – Not So...
by Julie Johnson Novara | Mar 10, 2020 | Supply Chain, Sustainability
Farmers and agriculture are the backbone of our state, but the farming industry is the most financially and emotionally challenged sector in North Carolina. Farm Bureau reported that in the 12 months leading up to September, 2019, 18 farms filed Chapter 12...
by Julie Johnson Novara | Feb 25, 2020 | Our Community, Supply Chain, Sustainability
Community engagement became a top priority after the North American Free Trade Agreement nearly destroyed TS Designs in 1994. That’s when CEO Eric Henry realized there was more to a business than just the “bottom line.” By the late 90s, we’d shifted our focus to...
by Julie Johnson Novara | Feb 11, 2020 | Sustainability
By Eric Henry I’m a tree hugger. My dreams of protecting the environment started when I was growing up on West Front Street in Burlington. We had a vegetable garden in my parents’ backyard, and later my grandfather and I built a geodesic greenhouse. That’s where I...
