Don't knock the look of wooden hangers

Wood hangers are the best at keeping a garment's shape, particularly suits and heavy coats. A good wood hanger can add to a tailored suit's eye appeal.

I recommend: Hangers Direct manufactures wood hangers with a natural finish or a walnut finish with either chrome or brass accents. Clothes Hangers offers the same choices in wholesale hangers, along with black, white and pink finishes.

Hang up your clothes, young man

Children wear a number of clothing sizes as they grow up; the children's hangers business is as brisk as that in children's clothes themselves, with styles to match the clothes and features like clips and notches to keep the clothes on the hanger and off the floor.

I recommend: Hangers Direct owns the children’s hangers business with wooden and plastic hangers for infant, toddler and children’s clothes. Trio Display and Closet Hanger Factory also deal in wholesale and retail hangers for children’s clothes.

Display your clothes in style with specialty hangers

Not every piece of clothing fits neatly on a standard hanger. Sometimes the hanger has to adapt to the clothes, either with a special shape or with linings to protect and keep fine lingerie in place.

I recommend: Closet Hanger Factory offers both satin hangers for fine garments and fabric-covered wire glam hangers designed to add glitz to fancy dresses while keeping them in place, as well as an assortment of specialty hangers for neckties, swimwear, draperies and bedding. Clothes Hangers offers hangers for ties, belts and scarves, as well as car coathangers.

Accessorize your hangers

By themselves, quality hangers can add to the eye appeal of quality clothing, but they can also display size information so your customers know what they're buying or your company logo so they can continue to sell your products in your customers' closets.

I recommend: In addition to its bulk hangers sales, Gershel Brothers offers round and rectangular size dividers to group clothes by size, as well as wraparound markers and hanger stackers to keep your empty hangers organized and at the ready. Hangers Direct lets you personalize your hangers with a custom design or your store logo.