PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 25, 2021
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Contact:
Victoria Bracco
Chief Innovation Officer
CENTRAL NEW YORK FASHION HOUSE RECIEVES RECOGNITION AND ACCREDIATIONS AS WOMEN OWNED BUSINESS
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American Fashion Network (AFN) has received Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) Women's Business Enterprise (WBE) certification, WBENC Women Owned Small Business (WOSB) certification, and Small Business Administration WOSB certification. Jackie Wilson, Founder and CEO of AFN, is also a four-time recipient of the Women President's Organization 50 Fastest Women Led Companies.
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Since 2005, AFN has been a U.S., woman owned manufacturer and design house, providing trend right clothing, promotional specialty products and fabrics to the world's most prestigious retailers and corporations including but not limited to, Amazon, Kohl's, JCPenney, American Eagle, Comcast, Charter/Spectrum, and Syracuse University. As a trailblazer in the industry, AFN was also honored with the Kohl's innovation award for the company's constant display and production of innovative fabrics and designs.
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"This past year we invested our time to become certified as a Women Owned Business and to celebrate the diversity that makes AFN a best-in-class design and manufacturing partner," said Wilson. "Supplier Diversity is pivotal in creating a lasting change and American Fashion Network is focused on helping America get there."
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AFN is giving prominence to its strong Western Hemisphere manufacturing including the United States as the company seeks to drive much needed change. As a Women Owned Business, AFN prides itself on designing and producing the United States Government with apparel, uniforms and protective equipment and just recently won the bid providing fitness training uniforms for the U.S. Marines.
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