Apparel
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Education
Making Friends with Competitors: Collaboration and Community with Marshall Atkinson
Jeanene Edwards, VP of activewear marketing and merchandising for Fruit of the Loom and JERZEES, interviewed Marshall Atkinson on connecting…
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Education
Your Guide to Underlay Stitching
Underlay has four primary functions: Increasing the coverage of the topstitching to prevent the garment from showing through Lifting stitching…
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How do I know when to offer screen printing and when to offer direct-to-garment printing?
If a customer needs a one- or two-color job at a quantity of 1,000, screen print it. You’ll want to…
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Untapped Markets in Heat Printing
If you have a T-shirt business, your core business is probably team uniforms, spirit wear, and corporate logos. But there…
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Why is it important for an apparel decorating business to offer specialty thread?
Increase profit margins by stepping outside the box with specialty thread. —Stitch It International
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Putting Ink to Paper: Questions to Ask When Starting a Printing Business
So, you want to start your own printing business. You dream of designing quality products and apparel from your own…
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Education
Upsell Non-Wearable Promo Products to Apparel Clients
I both love and loathe shopping for groceries. I’m a big fan of creative cooking, so picking up the ingredients…
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What can apparel sublimation do for my shop?
First and foremost, adding sublimation checks a pretty unique box for the apparel decorator that allows them to offer other…
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How can D2 decorators optimize workflow?
Whether you’re receiving orders through an online designer or tackling email orders one by one, there are some essentials your…
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Education
Overcoming Crooked Placement with Heat-Applied Graphics
Crooked placement is perhaps the most common mistake with heat-applied graphics. Getting everything on your garment placed correctly without the…
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What markets do USA-made garments best serve?
USA-made garments are great for a variety of markets, but they are particularly popular and fitting for: Tech industry Breweries…
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How can USA-made apparel benefit a brand?
USA-made apparel presents several benefits to the market, including: Helping our economy by creating jobs in the U.S., our workforce…
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Education
Fully Aware: Social Responsibility with Jeanene Edwards
In this episode of Fully Aware with Printwear, Jeanene Edwards, VP of activewear marketing/merchandising for Fruit of the Loom/JERZEES, talks…
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Pay Attention to Polyester
For those that aren’t aware, sublimation is a poly-specific technology, which means all of the thousands of hard substrates available…
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Education
Handle with Care: Providing Garment Care Instructions
A common and inexpensive way to get your company name out there is to add an easily removable sticker to each item…
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What benefits do stock transfers offer an apparel decoration business?
In a recent episode of STAHLS’ TV, educator Jenna Sackett tells decorators how they can do more with stock transfers.…
