Brendan Menapace, Author at Print & Promo Marketing

PRINTING United Expo: The Promotional Products Opportunity for Printers

It’s fair to say that the PRINTING United Expo is more than a print industry event; it’s a promotional products trade show, too. How else would you describe all the branded apparel? What else would you call the trade show signs that companies are printing and displaying? Heck, look at all of the drinkware and…

When a lot of people hear “print,” they think paper. If they don’t, they at least might think about flat surfaces like T-shirts or bags. But take a few laps around the PRINTING United Expo, the global print industry trade show being held Sept. 10-12 in Las Vegas, and you’ll see just how much technology…

Sure, PRINTING United Expo has a massive amount of space dedicated to screen printing, direct-to-garment and direct-to-film printing, but there’s also ample acreage for apparel at the Sept. 10-12, 2024 trade show – considered the most comprehensive event for the printing industry in the world. Indeed, distributors and decorators have been roaming the show talking…

We live in a society where we can get everything within a few clicks. We expect things fast because we’ve grown accustomed to everything being fast. A combination of technological advancements in print, allowing for decorating much more than just apparel, as well as technological advancements in society creating an internet age where anyone can…

Laborers in the country’s garment sector have been protesting, making specific requests for things like guaranteed employment and more clarity over promotion criteria.

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Smart Source LLC, a print services provider and distributor based in Palm Beach, FL, announced that it has acquired the assets to Kaye-Smith Enterprises, another print services provider and distributor base in Bellevue, WA.

The sportswear company released a line of co-branded MoMA socks, with the promise of more through a multi-year deal with LEGO.

Executives at the Counselor Top 40 suppliers said the move creates a one-stop web-based destination for high-quality apparel and hard good branded merchandise.

Inkcups, a Danvers, Massachusetts-based supplier and manufacturer of printing and product decoration equipment, announced that it will showcase new direct-to-object digital and pad printing technology at the PRINTING United Expo in Las Vegas.