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Charles River Apparel has secured a long-term lease for additional space in Sharon, Mass., to support its business growth. The new space is strategically located next to its corporate headquarters, and will provide additional warehouse, office and showroom space, allowing for a Charles River Campus setting. The company also plans to use the new space…
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We’re still trying to process the fact that our San Diego Power Meeting was the second to last one of the year. (Where has the time gone?) If you’ve been keeping up with our Instagram page then you’d know what we were up to for a week in mid September. If you weren’t fortunate enough to attend, here are four highlights from one of our best Power Meetings yet…
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Right now, the garment decoration industry is shifting. Though there is still a place for large-volume print runs, there is a new frontier in print-on-demand, and it’s happening now. It might be at an event or in a store, or you might not even know about it when you go on your mobile device to order a printed Levi’s T-shirt. Either way, it’s happening, and the change will be rapid…
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commonsku, a promotional products business and sales software platform, hosted its third annual skucamp conference in Pittsburgh. More than 120 supplier and distributor entrepreneurs arrived from as far away as Australia to attend the third annual skucamp, a bootcamp-style conference designed to help entrepreneurs reboot and re-imagine their business. The conference sessions were kicked off…
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Scientists from the Université Grenoble Alpes in France and U.C. San Diego developed a way to create stretchable, flexible wearable technology that uses compounds present in human sweat to power it. The material is made up of carbon nanotubes connected by stretchable components screen-printed onto the material…
Read MoreFollowing a Philadelphia Eagles loss to the Detroit Lions, diehard fan Hakim Laws—fresh off saving children from a house fire—called out Eagles wide receiver Nelson Agholor in a local news interview. His comments quickly went viral, with Laws creating T-shirts and sweatshirts commemorating the micro-moment…
Read MoreVaping, once regarded by some as a safer alternative to traditional cigarettes or…
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S&S Activewear has relocated its operations from its 450,000 sq. ft. distribution center in Bolingbrook, Ill., to a brand new, 750,000 sq. ft., sustainability-focused distribution center in nearby Lockport. This new facility will expand the company’s Midwest footprint by 300,000 sq. ft. and bring its nationwide total to 3.5 million sq. ft. S&S designed the…
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Hub Pen Company, Braintree, Mass., has rebranded. After 65 years, the brand still stands by the same principles of quality product and customer service, but now the company has refreshed its logo, website and entire visual identity. In 2017, Hub Pen…
Read MoreFall is finally here, which means spooky decorations and pumpkin-spice everything are flooding all your local stores. And while it’s only September, Halloween is kicking off early, as Starbucks released an entire line of limited-edition Halloween-themed reusable hot and cold tumblers this week. And there’s already a resale market for them online…
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