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  • History of Excellence Over 80 years of experience has molded PAi into the brand we have become today. Founded as a headwear manufacturer in 1929 and evolving into a diversified apparel, headwear, and accessories company reveals the fact that we have quality craftsmanship, strong leadership, and a great ability to forecast market needs. PAi has remained a privately held corporation and is led by the third generation of family. Attention to detail with quality products, renowned customer service, and an instilled environment of pride remains PAi’s focus today.
  • Diversification

    PAi’s number one strength is diversification. We have experts in headwear, active wear, belts, bags, and cold weather accessories. We understand the importance of setting the trends, instead of just following them. In every aspect of apparel, headwear, and accessories, we are there designing, manufacturing and distributing quality products. We have the ability to look across major divisions of the industry and understand those divisions from an ASI perspective to a fashion forward private label perspective. Understanding market differences, whether it is how our products are designed or simply how they are presented to clients, has aided in our success.

    Our clientele is so diversified we are conducting business with mass merchants as well as retail specialty shops. No single competitor competes with PAi in all channels or all product lines. Our size and diversity advantage has facilitated PAi’s development of an operationally efficient production process that can be tailored to accommodate orders of varying sizes and turnaround requirements. PAi’s ability to conform to each industry individually, yet remain intact as one entity, is a strength matched by no one.
  • Design Expertise One of PAi’s greatest assets continues to be our 30-person design department. The design department is made up of cap artists, licensed product designers, belt designers, bag designers, digitizers, import artists, separators, t-shirt artists, print media artists, and photographers. Because of its size and strength, we are able to excel in headwear, apparel and accessory design. Our designers travel the world shopping the market for new and emerging techniques and trends. We also subscribe to Stylesight, a global trend service, to keep our finger on the pulse of the design industry. The capabilities and creativity of our designers continue to facilitate the growth and success of PAi.
  • Established Credibility Dedicated workmanship, leading edge design, and attention to detail enables PAi to consistently deliver high quality products to our customers. Quality service is the reason they come back and have made us a leading headwear manufacturer and one of the largest screen-printers and apparel embroiderers in the nation. Major customers from Nike, to Walmart, to Bass Pro Shops continue to reinforce our credibility and quality of design, manufacturing, and distribution. We have remained under the same ownership for over 80 years, and are well established in the marketplace for both sourcing and supplying. Having financial stability and continued growth over the years demonstrates PAi’s focus on success. We are dedicated to developing new products, expanding our capabilities, and meeting the needs of our customers.
  • Manufacturing and Distribution Proficiency

    With capabilities that include specialized packing, multi-ship distribution, full electronic customer communication and customer inventory managements, PAi’s state of the art manufacturing and distribution channels continue to be the spine of our success. PAi’s centrally located headquarters in Missouri provides the opportunity to efficiently and effectively distribute product with ease. We have strategic partnerships in place with offshore factories for headwear, scarves, gloves, belts and bags. We also operate domestic headwear and apparel screen printing and embroidery factories for “Made in USA” requirements. Unparalleled sourcing, manufacturing, and quality control expertise are reasons leading athletic companies, major retailers, and national brands choose PAi to create their branded products.

    Technically Speaking

    Distribution
    • Over 400,000 square feet of warehouse space
    • Radio frequency scanning PKMS system
    • Integrated shipping system with UPS and Fedex
    • Customized shipping programs as needed
    • Quick response
    MIS
    • EDI with many mass merchants UCC128 capable as needed
    • ASN capable
    • Fully integrated distribution center
    • Customized distribution to meet the customer needs. From large truck shipments to individual cap shipments. From retailer direct to store shipments to warehouse shipments.
    • Customized reporting as needed on inventory
    Sales Analyst
    • Analyze sales at the retail level through multiple methods
    • Collaborate with clients by analyzing sales data to accurately forecast future opportunities to mutually maximize sales
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