While other clothing wholesalers and retailers are faced with the challenges of increased fuel costs and raw material prices such as cotton, Cotton Connection continues to offer competitive pricing. “We can meet or beat any published price,” says Ibrahim Kothawala, director of operations. A wholesaler of activewear in Chicago and the Midwest, Cotton Connection began in 1980 in the north side of Chicago and quickly expanded. Now the company sells to independent retailers, as well as screen printers and embroiderers. As distributor of Fruit of the Loom, Gildan and Jerzees brands, the company looks to maintain its mission of providing the best quality and the best selection of name brand products at the wholesale level with outstanding service and value.