SanMar

SanMar Corporation
Private
Founded 1971
Founder Marty Lott
Headquarters United States
Website www.sanmar.com

SanMar is a US-based corporation which supplies wholesale apparel and accessories to promotional products distributors, embroiderers, screen printers and more within the US.[1] The company has distribution centers in Seattle, Washington; Reno, Nevada; Robbinsville, New Jersey; Cincinnati, Ohio; Dallas, Texas; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Phoenix, Arizona and Jacksonville, Florida.[2]

History

Marty Lott, the founder of SanMar corporation, formed the company in 1971 as a college project. From the beginning, the company offered t-shirts and Marty handled everything from sales to marketing to order fulfillment. The company hired its first employee in 1974. By 1977 to company grew to 20 employees and moved into a 10,000 sq. ft. facility. Today, SanMar employees more than 3500 people in the United States. Marty Lott remains as the company's founder and his son Jeremy Lott is SanMar's president.[3]

In 1980, the company moved to Bellevue, Washington. To ease the order taking process, SanMar began using a computerized system in 1984. In 1990, the company moved its headquarters to Preston, Washington. In 1994 the company opened its first warehouse outside of the Seattle area in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1995 SanMar expanded its distribution network to Reno, Nevada. Since then, the company expanded on the East Coast, opening a warehouse in New Jersey and adding distribution centers in Dallas, Minneapolis, Phoenix and Jacksonville, Florida. SanMar also has affiliate offices in Hong Kong and Honduras.[3]

Service and products

SanMar has eight national distribution centers and supplies thousands of products. The company totals more than 4 million square feet of inventory space throughout its eight warehouses. The distribution centers enable 1-to-2 day service to 99% of the U.S. Products sold by SanMar are decorated (screen printing, embroidery, sublimation, etc.) by a third party and then sold to end users, including Fortune 100 companies, schools and colleges, community businesses and events, restaurants and hospitality, municipalities, clubs, industrial professions and more.[4]

Products list
  • T-Shirts
  • Polos/Knits
  • Caps
  • Activewear
  • Outerwear
  • Workwear
  • Woven Shirts
  • Bags
  • Apparel
  • Accessories

SanMar is also the distributor of OGIO, Nike Golf, Eddie Bauer, OGIO Endurance, Red Kap and New Era. Other retail brands include Anvil, Jerzees, Gildan, Hanes, Fruit of the Loom and Russell Outdoors.[5] SanMar also produces Port Authority, America's No.1 private clothing label. Red House, Port & Company, District, District Made, Sport-Tek, CornerStone and Precious Cargo complete the company's private label offerings.

Recognitions & Awards

SanMar is one of the 20 companies accredited by Fair Labor Association. They recognized SanMar for its dedication to the fair Labor and responsible sourcing principles in November 2012.[6] SanMar achieved the Quality Certification Alliance Accreditation in 2014.[7] Awards received by the company are follows:

References

  1. ↑ "SanMar Opens New Warehouse Near Phoenix". https://americanlaundrynews.com''. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "SanMar plans to relocate 400 jobs from Preston to Issaquah". http://www.issaquahpress.com''. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "SanMar History Timeline". sanMar.com. SanMar. 23 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "About SanMar". SanMar. SanMar. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Products". Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  6. ↑ "Social Responsibility". SanMar. SanMar. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  7. ↑ "QCA ACCREDITS SanMar". 13 February 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  8. ↑ "2013 Wearables Apparel Design Awards". Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  9. ↑ "ASI Announces the 2007 Spirit Awards Winners". asicentral.com. 20 March 2007. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  10. ↑ "Distributor Choice Awards - Winners". 5 January 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "Essent Order Trax Customers Clean Up at PPAI Expo Awards". Retrieved 24 January 2015.