brand marketing & brand management founded 1970 headquarters cary north carolina u.s. website www.cottoninc.com cotton incorporated aims to increase the demand for and profitability of cotton through research and promotion . and to ensure that cotton remains the first choice among consumers in apparel and home products . the organization is funded by cotton growers in the united states through per bale assessments on producers and importers levied by the cotton board which reports to the united states department of agriculture . the cotton research and promotion act of 1966 enabled the establishment of cotton incorporated in 1970 . the company has helped cotton increase market share in fabrics since it was enacted both through the branding of cotton with the seal of cotton and improved technology . the successful campaign was the first commodity brand . cotton incorporated s world headquarters are located in cary north carolina and offices are located in new york mexico city hong kong shanghai and osaka . cotton incorporated works with the cotton council international . its current television ads feature famous singers and in some cases actresses making their singing debuts promoting the cotton brand via their fabric of our lives campaign . the singing voices of phoebe snow and aaron neville were featured in separate ads in the campaign in the 1990s . references edit making cotton the fabric of our lives . marketplace . november 15 2010 . external links edit official website cotton incorporated company history retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title cotton incorporated & oldid 741446882 categories agricultural marketing organizationsorganizations established in 1970organizations based in cary north carolina1970 establishments in the united stateshidden categories use mdy dates from june 2013pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 27 september 2016 at 15 19 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view