A good yarn

When you sell 10,000 shirts a month, you'd better have enough yarn.

Just ask Roy Smith, a Naples-based entrepreneur whose previous experience includes two decades manufacturing in China. “I just ordered six tons of fabric,” he says.

Smith's company, Snikwah, makes and sells outdoor sports shirts that feature a patented convertible neck that protects the head and face from the sun's rays and is made from a special wicking textile called Drirelease. “We went to China where the yarn is knitted,” he says.