Word: gearing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Bears were ripping up the NFL on their way to Super Bowl XX, led by tough, fearsome players like Mike Singletary, the late Walter Payton and William "The Refrigerator" Perry. Their hardnose, determined style of play inspired many young boys growing up in Chicago to throw off their Cubs gear and put on the pads...
Finding the genesis of a yellow Gear For Sports rain jacket, sold at J. August for $59.00, is even more of a challenge--even for the manufacturer itself...
According to the tag, the jacket is made in China. Bob Alison, a New England sales representative for Gear, says most company products are produced overseas...
Joerger says Gear has every intention of releasing information about its factories to universities, who will likely release it to the public. Gear is now compiling a database of factory locations sorted by university or college in preparation for the January release...
...argues that contracting out manufacturing does not mean the company cannot enforce working standards. Gear, he says, keeps in touch with its factories and holds them to its standards...