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AST Sportswear Welcomes Industry Veteran Hughes

October 3, 2017

AST Sportswear Inc., Los Angeles, recently hired Ray Hughes as its vice president of sales and marketing.

Hughes previously was vice president of wholesale for American Apparel and director of strategic accounts for BELLA+CANVAS.

“I look forward to the opportunity to work with the management here at AST and to contribute solidifying their branding within the market place,” Hughes says. “With the increased capacity available from the acquisitions made here at AST in the manufacturing divisions, we can now increase the fashion offerings, as well as the basics line availability. My role will be working with our distributor channel and sales teams to increase sales, as well as concentrate our marketing efforts to support those efforts. The management at AST Sportswear has positioned themselves to make a much stronger statement in the imprintable sportswear market.” — J.L.