AMERICAN GROWN | SUPERIOR | RARE | AUTHENTIC JUNE 2019 In This Edition

PAGE 1 Brooks Brothers A Match Made in Cotton ------PAGE 2 Happy Father’s Day ------PAGE 3 65th Supima Annual Meeting ------PAGE 4 Accel: Changing the Game In Active Apparel Living Your Best Life ------PAGE 5 The Future of Fashion Is in Vogue and Supima Uniglo: Celebrating Sustainable Living Weekly Export Summary Report ------PAGE 6 May Licensing Update A Match Made in Cotton STAY CONNECTED

n a partnership that spans over 25 years, Brooks Brothers and Supima have been changing the way we buy clothing. The famed retailer’s use of Supima cotton enhances its designs, lending to the overall quality of each garment they produce and they’re not shy to let the world know. IIn what’s become a right of passage for the spring/summer season, Brooks Brothers and Supima have launched their annual marketing program showcasing their collection of clothing made with the American-grown, extra-long staple Supima cotton. This year’s theme, “Feel the Love in Supima” consists of a multi-tiered marketing initiative is meant to educate and inspire consumers on the re- WE’VE MOVED! tailer’s iconic polo. Touting its elevated design, top quality craftsmanship and the premium Supima cotton woven into each piece, the Brooks Brothers polo has become the cornerstone of the modern Effective April 1, 2019 man’s closet. From window displays and in-store signage to an expansive outdoor campaign that includes a mural in Soho, double-decker buses and a takeover of the historic, Grand Central Station in New York 1710 W. Ranch Road City to name only a few of the activations, Brooks Brothers has pulled out all the stops this season. Suite 205 www.brooksbrothers.com/supima/supima,default,pg.html Tempe, AZ 85284 Daddy Dearest It’s all about Dad and Supima this Father’s Day, so forget the cologne and give Pops some Supima loving. Style, comfort and durability are the mainstays of American grown Supima cotton and these select brands are at the top of the list. From tees to socks, and everything in-between, Supima has curated a list of must-haves this Father’s day. Times running out, so get shopping and give dad a gift he’s sure to love and use.

XOAB Help dad up his style game this Father’s Day with a pair of socks from XOAB. Brothers and serial entrepreneurs, Rick and Neil Levine started XOAB with the goal of reinventing the sock market. They wanted to design and produce premium quality socks in the USA that were comfortable and techni- cally superior, and yes, stylish. Crafted in the USA and made with superior, extra-long staple Supima cotton, XOAB’s collection of socks hit on all the right notes. The intricate construction ensures an incredibly comfortable sock no matter how many hours you are on your feet and the bold palate of colorful designs will add a little style to dad’s daily wardrobe. www.xoab.us/pages/about

TOMMY BAHAMA Why buy one when you can get Dad a limited edition three-pack of premium polo shirts. Celebrating the tenth anniversary of the Emfielder Polo, Tommy Bahama as created the perfect gift set, just in time for Father’s Day. Made with premium, extra-long staple Supima cotton, this collection of polo’s will keep dad styling all summer long. The three-pack collection hits on all the right notes, featuring a black long-sleeve with white contrast stitching, a red, short-sleeve with hidden-hibiscus floral print in the collar and a more casual light blue short sleeve with a surprise message inside the chest pocket. All three shirts feature straight hem with side vents and marlin embroidered on the left chest. www.tommybahama.com

GETTEES Dad can never have too many t-shirts and you won’t go wrong with these, Made in the USA, tees by GETTEES. Hand crafted in Michigan using a custom 6.4 oz Supima cotton fabric, the Model Tee crew was designed to be the perfect classic tee. American-grown Supima cotton ensures a luxuriously soft tee that will keep its color wash after wash. The Model Tee is available in an array of colors and retails for just $19.00, so you don’t have to stop at buying just one. Whether he’s hanging out with his buddies or kicking around the backyard, this will become Dad’s favorite tee. www.gettees.us

NORDSTROM Update dad’s underwear drawer this Father’s Day, with Nordstrom’s select three-pack of Supima cotton boxer briefs. Made with 100% Supima cotton, Nordstrom’s boxer briefs feature a functional fly, an antimicrobial finish and the choice of all black or multi-color including navy, charcoal and light blue. The logo on the waist band adds just the right touch and the extra-long staple Supima cotton makes for an extremely soft hand and extraordinary fit. www.shop.nordstrom.com

SAVE KHAKI UNITED Known for their premium, Made in the USA collection of elevated essentials, SKU has just the right mix of products crafted with Supima cotton. Our pick is the Supima fleece sweatshort. Updated for the spring/summer season, the short features a finished hem for a clean feel and has the look of a chino. Crafted in the USA using 100% American-grown Supima cotton these shorts are garment dyed and preshrunk for an incredibly soft hand and the perfect fit. The Supima fleece sweatshort will be dads go to all summer long. www.savekhaki.com v PAGE TWO 65th Supima Annual Meeting Thursday, August 29th 2019 Harris Ranch Inn, Coalinga, CA

REGISTRATION 9:00∑ - 10:30 a.m.

MEETING 10:30∑ - 12:00 noon

LUNCHEON 12:00∑ - 1:00 p.m.

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Please join us at Harris Ranch Inn in Coalinga, California on Thursday, August 29th for Supima’s annual meeting celebrating 65 years! Members and all segments of the industry will have the Please register by Friday, August 23, 2019 by emailing opportunity to learn about Supima’s current and future activities. Nancy Boyd at [email protected]. The program will include an update of our promotional and licensing activities along with an ELS market update and other pertinent news. For our Arizona, New Mexico and Texas member growers, a Supima luncheon or dinner will be arranged in your respective areas. Further Registration will begin at 9:00 a.m., with the meeting scheduled from details with the date and location of the event in each area will be ad- 10:30 a.m. until noon and will be followed by a buffet lunch. vised once scheduled.

65th annual meeting registr ation Thursday, August 29, 2019 - Harris Ranch Inn, Coalinga, CA Registration: 9:00 - 10:30 a.m. / Meeting: 10:30 - 12:00 noon Luncheon: 12:00 - 1:00 P.M. / RSVP by Friday, August 23rd, 2019

Email form to: [email protected] by Friday, August 23, 2019 v PAGE THREE Changing the Game in Active Apparel

Megan Eddings grew up in a family where sports and exercise were a large part of their daily routine, a passion that has stayed with her to this day. But it wasn’t until recently that she realized something was very wrong with the synthetic active apparel currently on the market, it smelled! And it only got worse when she married a CrossFit enthusiast and started doing his laundry. “I was, quite frankly, totally grossed out by the smell of his clothes. I started washing his shirts in extra hot wash cycles, adding scented pods and nothing seemed to wash the smell out”, Eddings recalls. So with a degree in chemistry and a resume that included working in the science labs at the University of Virginia and Brown University, Eddings set out to combine her love of science, fitness, and fashion to create Accel Lifestyle. After 3 years of trial and error, Eddings was able to create a proprietary fabric called Prema that includes premium, American-grown Supima cotton. With patents pending in 120 countries, Accel Lifestyle’s Prema fabric is a softer, stronger, more versatile fabric with wicking and anti-microbial properties. After testing at the same lab the government uses, and countless wear and fit trials, Accel Lifestyle went live and launched their men’s collection on May 24th with a women’s collection to follow shortly. Supima had the opportunity to sit down with Eddings and learn more about Accel Lifestyle and their plan for global domination.

Do you have any fashion industry and functionality that consumers are wanting. tell our story on our Accel Lifestyle website, but background? our transparency is also part of our daily conver- Nothing “official”, I have just always loved fash- How does Supima enhance the sations with our customers and community. We ion and fitness. Fashion to me has always been garments you are producing? even go as far as to have zero-plastic shipping. an art and I have used it to express my mood I did not want the fabric to feel technical and With every detail, we focus on doing the best and what makes me feel confident. I also did not synthetic. However, I wanted it to function in the for humanity and the environment. have any background in fabric, its construction sweatiest of workouts, yielding anti-stink prop- possibilities or fibers in general. I believe in the erties, a soft hand and durability. Supima adds Where can consumers buy Accel? power of being kind, cold calling and asking a softness that I could not have found anywhere Currently, consumers can shop for Accel at our questions. I will always be profoundly grateful else. Men have been loving the feel of the shirts own e-commerce store, www.accellifstyle.com. for everyone who shared their time and exper- so much that some are not even using them We currently do not have any retail accounts, but tise with me. in the gym, but more of a “going out” shirt. All various high-end gyms have purchased Accel of our shirts are designed for the sweatiest of Lifestyle for their trainers, which has given us What sets Accel apart from other active workouts, but the Supima adds and elevated awesome exposure. We love win-win scenarios apparel brands? experience, durability, and resilience. Supima where we can all help each other grow and I am Accel Lifestyle is the first ethical fitness apparel is grown right here in the USA, which is a huge always open and excited to speak to possible brand for people who sweat and want to smell added benefit as well. retailers. I absolutely see Accel Lifestyle having its fresh. Our focus is not only technology, sus- own stores someday, where we will focus on not tainability, and comfort, but also doing good for To what extent are you using American- only the Accel apparel, but also the experience humanity and the environment. When people grown Supima cotton? for the customer. Because of our focus on tech- wear Accel Lifestyle and our Prema fabric, they As for our initial collections, we use Supima nology and being sweatshop-free, Accel Lifestyle know they are part of a movement for positive cotton in all of our Prema fabric. We have al- is more than a fitness apparel company. We are change, kindness, and inspiration. ready launched with shirts for men and we will starting a movement for positive change and be launching our women’s line soon. All of our want to inspire, motivate and empower people. Why did you choose to use Supima cotton? styles include Supima and we are excited about Around the time I was researching the hand and creating our Fall line soon, incorporating Supima. What’s your vision for the Accel brand? functionality of the fabric I wanted to create, my People sometimes ask how big we want to husband and I went on a vacation to Cabo. We How important is transparency to the get and we always respond that we are going went into a store and purchased shirts that were consumer and what some of the steps worldwide. We want to be a household name made of 100% Supima cotton. We fell in love with you are taking to educate consumers on and be known for quality, doing the right thing, the feel (now I know the term “hand”…haha!) of your processes? inspiration and a movement for positive change. the shirts. As I started researching Supima, its Transparency is of the utmost importance. By sharing my story and giving my team and durability, softness and strength, I knew I had When someone buys Accel Lifestyle, I want customers a platform to share their story, I truly to incorporate it into the fabric. Very few com- them to know that they are buying a brand that believe that we can make a global impact. panies use Supima in their fitness apparel and I believes in sustainability, technology, and “doing Learn more about Accel Lifestyle and shop the knew that Supima would give the elevated feel the right thing”, without sacrificing quality. We full collection at www.accellifestyle.com

Known for their expert advice and feel good content, BestLife has become the Living Your Best Life ultimate source for the sophisticated and discriminating reader. Reaching men and women, BestLife is the premier destination for smarter living advice in wellness, health, relationships, travel and style. So it’s no wonder that the media site recently sat down with Buxton Midyette, VP of Marketing and Promotions for Supima cotton. True to its credo, BestLife gives its readers insight into the premium, American-grown Pima cotton and what makes it the gold standard of cottons around the world. Together with longtime brand partner, Brooks Brothers, Midyette dives into Supima cotton’s superior attributes such as its strength, color retention and luxuriously soft hand, all derived from its extra-long staple fiber. Read more about the top one percent of the world’s cotton and Supima’s longstanding partnership with Brooks Brothers on the BestLife website. bestlifeonline.com/brooks-brothers-supima-cotton-buxton-midyette/

PAGE FOUR The Future of Fashion is in Vogue… and SUPIMA Vogue, the iconic fashion magazine, looks to the future of fashion Supima has been a long proponent of supporting design graduates and showcases the next generation of designers with its most re- and the leading fashion design schools throughout the U.S. Supima’s cent feature. Showcasing nineteen design-school graduates from support of designers dates back to the beginning of the Supima orga- FIT, Pratt and Parsons, the magazine highlighted their graduating nization when it supported American designers like Claire McCardell collections and gained the designers’ perspective on where they and James Galanos. In 2007, Supima launched the Supima Design see the fashion going. Competition in an effort to shine the light on the next generation of One standout from the group of couturiers was Ishwari Vijh from designers. Twelve years later with a runway show during NY Fashion Jalandhar, India. Representing the Fashion Institute of Technology in Week, a $10,000 cash prize and presentation during Paris Fashion New York City and a finalist in this year’s Supima Design Competition, week, the SDC has given countless design graduates the opportunity Vijh discusses her inspiration for her collection, the challenging task to present their vision to the top thought leaders in the fashion industry of trying to connect with consumers, the importance of fair wages and the influential media. This coming September, Supima will host and a safe working environment in the fashion industry and her ulti- the 12th annual Supima Design Competition featuring eight talented mate goal of launching her own brand. “We salute all the designers graduates from across the country including Vijh. showcased in this special feature and commend Vogue for giving www.vogue.com/article/19-fashion-institute-of-technology-pratt- these young talented designers a platform” says Buxton Midyette, and-parsons-2019-graduates-on-their-collections-and-the-future- VP of Marketing and Promotions for Supima. of-fashion

Celebrating Sustainable Living One shouldn’t need a day or a month to showcase Alyssa Doorhy of CoChic Styling on local community businesses, Uniqlo will promote green living, just ask Uniqlo. The giving a course on seasonal style refresh, partner with Chef Marcel Vigneron taking on global fashion retail chain and longtime user Chef Abe Conlon of Fat Rice will highlight mindful meal planning, fitness guru Deja Riley of Supima cotton just launched a program mindful meal planning and Casey Finn of DIY covers sustainability style refresh and a joint to increase environmental awareness and Playbook gives a workshop on a DYI recycled workshop from FIDM and A Vintage Splendor support sustainable living practices with a succulent planter. on seasonal style refresh. series of in-store events and an influencer At the company’s San Francisco store, 111 To support the sustainable living pro- outreach program. Powel Street, Uniqlo brings together three com- gram, Uniqlo is giving away a limited num- Targeting select markets including Chica- munity business leaders to hold workshops for ber of Supima cotton t-shirts. Made with go, Los Angeles and San Francisco, Uniqlo the Northern California market. On May 30th American-grown, extra-long staple cotton, aims to educate their loyal customer base Chef Anthony Myint and Zero Foodprint will the complimentary tees will give some lucky with a series of sustainability centric work- present mindful meal planning, June 1st will customers the experience of a luxuriously shops focused on green living. Tapping into feature fashion and lifestyle blogger Tiffany soft, incredibly strong t-shirt that is 100% the communities of each market, Uniqlo has Wang tackling seasonal style refresh and fitness biodegradable. The Uniqlo, Supima cotton assembled a group of local businesses that specialist Deja Riley will educate customers on tee is the perfect gift to promote a green life- are leading the way in sustainable practices. sustainability gets sporty on June 2nd. style without compromising on quality and Uniqlo’s Michigan Avenue in Chicago In Los Angeles, at the store’s Flower Street performance. workshops are planned for May 30th, June location, Uniqlo has scheduled events for Be sure to check with your local store to 1st and 2nd. The Michigan avenue store will June 6th, 8th and 9th. Keeping the focus confirm dates and times of each event. Weekly Export Summary Report FOR THE WEEK ENDING JUNE 13, 2019 AND SHIPMENTS THROUGH JUNE 6, 2019 June 13 — There were (5,700) bales in net new sales reported for (10,800), India (2,600), Vietnam (2,600), Pakistan (1,200),Thailand (600), the week versus (2,000) bales reported the previous week. Current Korea (300), Peru (200), Turkey (200), Columbia (100), El Salvador registered export sales for the 2018/19 crop year now total 716,500 (100), and Slovenia (100). bales. This level of sales is 113.0% of the sales level at the same time The top five leading importers for the 2018/19 crop year are led last year when 634,100 bales in sales had already been registered. by China with purchases of 251,700 bales. India, Vietnam, Pakistan, Current shipments stand at 106.1% of last year with 553,300 bales and Peru round out the top five with purchases of 210,200 bales, shipped versus 521,500 bales shipped at the same time last year. 60,200 bales, 55,600 bales, and 32,900 bales respectively. These There were 5,800 bales in new purchases made this week by India five nations account for 85.2% of all the export-based purchases of (4,400), Thailand (900), Bangladesh (400), and Brazil (100). American Pima made to date this year. There were 1,100 bales in destination changes this past week from There were (4,100) bales in net new forward sales reported this week China (-1,100) to Vietnam (1,100). to Egypt (2,600), India (1,300), and The United Kingdom (100). The There were 100 bales in cancellations this past week from the current new crop sales totals stand at 54,900 and 0 bales respectively United Kingdom (-100). for the 2019/20 and 2020/21 years. Export shipments this past week totaled 18,800 bales versus 14,100 The USDA Report can be found here: www.fas.usda.gov/ bales the previous week. Shipments this past week went to China export-sales/cottfax.htm

PAGE FIVE Supima is excited to introduce our newest group of licensees for the month of May. All In the Family Supima continues to focus on expanding its network of manufacturers, brands and retailers in an effort to ensure that each and every product that carries the SUPIMA® Licensing label is sourced from a recognized supplier: • Crosby & Howard (USA) - Men’s Knit Shirt Brand • Denim of Virtue Co., Ltd. (Korea) - Women’s T-Shirt Brand Update • Four H Group (Bangladesh) - Fabric Finisher, Knitter, Manufacturer - Apparel, Printer • Future Lifestyle Fashions Ltd. (India) - Men’s Knit Shirt Brand • Gettees (USA) - Men’s & Women’s T-Shirt, Sweatshirt, Hoodie Brand • Innovative Textiles Limited (India) - Manufacturer • Produce Sinapsi S.r.l. (Italy) - Designer, Knitter • Zhongshan Fufeng Textile Co., Ltd. (China) - Knitter

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Supima offers a variety of reports for growers, manufacturers and retailers of American Pima cotton in the areas of specific product information, overall market data, and background research. The reports are updated frequently with the release of new data and are available for use by anyone interested.

USDA - AMS Pima Spot Price (Daily): USDA - FAS Export Sales Report (Weekly): http://bit.ly/AMSPimaDailySpot http://bit.ly/FASWeeklyExportSales

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