Target Decorated Apparel (asi/90549), a Chicago-area contract decorator, has named Kevin Schardt as president, taking over a role previously filled by Steve Kanney, owner and chairman of the company.

Kevin Schardt, president of Target Decorated Apparel

“Kevin brings a wealth of operations, customer service, sales, marketing and management experience to our management team,” Kanney said. “I’m pleased to have him join the Target family and look forward to working closely with him to grow our core business as well as pursue long-term strategic opportunities.”

Schardt previously worked as vice president of operations and customer experience at Top 40 supplier-decorator Vantage Apparel (asi/93390). He’s also held leadership positions at Hartwell Apparel and the industry’s second-largest supplier alphabroder (asi/34063). Schardt held several senior positions at various call centers and marketing services providers as well.

“Target Decorated Apparel has been a well-respected and established leader in full-service decorating for over 30 years,” Schardt said. “I’m very excited to join the company and work closely with Steve and the rest of the Target management team to drive the future growth of the company.

Headquartered in Naperville, IL, Target Decorated Apparel runs a 40,000-square-foot production facility with the capacity to decorate over 10 million garments a year. With 2016 revenue of more than $4 million, the company was named one of 15 Decorators to Watch in the November/December 2017 issue of Wearables.