When choosing a decorating method, it’s important to consider the substrate, what finish is necessary, placement of the decoration, the quantity required and how quickly the job needs to be turned around. Heat printing, also known as heat transfer printing, offers advantages in these key areas over other methods like screen printing or embroidery. Although heat printing has been around for decades, innovations in heat-applied materials and heat application machinery are making it more popular…
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Everybody who follows Netflix’s “Stranger Things” should expect it to continue to fill episodes with 1980s references and attire. So impressive has the show’s track record for shout-outs become that Purdue University brought back a retro T-shirt after it briefly appeared on a Season 3 episode of the show…
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CustomInk’s presence in the promotional merchandise world is growing by the day it seems. A few years ago, it acquired Represent, an online merchandise startup that works with social media influencers to run promotional campaigns on the site. One of its clients was former MMA fighter Ronda Rousey, who raised $2.3 million in T-shirt sales…
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Promotional Products Association International (PPAI), Irving, Texas, has named Tom Carpenter, MAS, the 2019 PPAI Regional Association Council (RAC) Volunteer of the Year. Carpenter, national accounts manager at Minnesota-based Fey Promotional Products Group, will be formally honored at the…
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What happens when your professional goals are met, your business has grown and matured, and you’ve decided to transition out of it? You’ve built your business from the ground up and you have a proven track record of success, which can translate to big resale value—if that’s the way you want to go. Now is the time for you to plan for the future…
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Many people harp on the perception that children spend too much time with devices and not enough with arts and crafts. This month, though, has given us two ways to clap back against that stance. The Tennessee Volunteers provided the initial instance through their acknowledgment of a young fan’s homemade shirt, and the Chicago Cubs will soon follow thanks to another homemade T-shirt from a young supporter…
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If you managed to convince your mom or dad to take you to Burger King or McDonald’s, one of the highlights of the trip was the excitement of getting a little toy. They were never that fancy, but even at a young age, we understood the excitement of something for free. But what we didn’t…
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AHEAD, New Bedford, Mass., released its spring 2020 lineup, introducing five new techniques. According to Chuck Lord, AHEAD’s chief creative officer, three of the five new ornamentation techniques, each distinctly different, are designed specifically for cotton headwear.…
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Remember last year’s McDelivery Day, when McDonald’s went above and beyond in its quest to deliver freebies to customers? If you don’t, it was a day where customers received freebies a little more special than usual Happy Meal toys when they ordered via food delivery apps. It was enough of a success that McDonald’s is giving it another go tomorrow, and they’re putting a fun spin on it to highlight the comfort of ordering food from home…
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Proforma, Cleveland, announced that Mike Lazzari, Multi-Million Dollar Club member and owner of Raleigh, North Carolina-based BrandCentric Solutions, has secured a three-year, $24 million contract with a multinational financial services company. After discovering that the client needed a print and…
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