Beginning in Fargo, North Dakota, during the late 1980's, CI Sport was conceived as a start-up screen-print company by two entrepreneurs: Randy Thorson and Warren Ackley, who were involved in the hospitality industry. A small business that was created out of a need to outfit bars and restaurants with decorated uniforms, apparel, and souvenirs. This grew into the nationally recognized supplier of decorated apparel that it is today.

Our sales team and marketing department work closely together to unify the process between our three different divisions: CI Apparel, CI Sport, and CI Tourism.

CI Sport is one of the largest collegiate apparel providers in the United States. With retailers across the country, you can find our apparel in all 50 states at college bookstores, arenas, and sporting goods stores.

We hold over 300 collegiate licenses and work closely with the top major licensing companies. We also work with several National Hockey Leagues and National Basketball Association teams as a local license vendor. In addition, we have a major presence at minor league baseball and hockey venue fan shops.

Established in 1990, CI Apparel has become a nationally recognized company gaining ground in custom corporate apparel. In the highly competitive business of decorated apparel, our 24-piece minimums, fashionable apparel choices, and fast turnaround times help us pave the path for corporate accounts.

We work with every type of industry. Our diversified ability to produce company logos in various decoration methods along with an access to top name brands help us make your company stand out. We work with our customers to find the perfect apparel for all occasions, projects, and function that they have a need for.

CI Tourism is a wholesaler of unique custom designs for your tourism needs with low 12-piece minimums and fast turnaround times, we ensure a quick delivery of your product right to your doors. We personally work with our customers to find the best apparel for their company to stand apart from others!

Whether you need some fresh lake t-shirt designs, resort wear, or family cabin apparel — we have you covered.

We have over 25 different e-commerce clients that partner with us to create top of the line uniforms & business wear for their employees.

We have concept shops and t-shirt towers set up all over the United States to bring improved marketing to collegiate bookstores.

Our innovative designs and high quality garments are currently being sold by our sales team all over the United States. We service 700+ bookstores in 49 states.

We host a complete “in-house” facility which is rare in our industry. All decoration production, sales, creation of art, digitizing, and inventory is held under one roof.

In early 2020, CI moved from its downtown home of over 25 years to a new, state of the art facility in Southwest Fargo. The new facility is 73,000 sq. ft. This move took years of planning and hours upon hours of labour, and we are proud to have one of the best places to work in the region.