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 MoreTell us why you selected this category. How does your business/these products best fit within the category? We lit-rally can’t even contain our excitement with the brand new SnugZ USA apparel line, HYOU. Our completely customizable, full-color imprints turn your brand into wearable art. Backpacks, tees, hoodies—you name it. With a 10-day production time and…
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As the promo industry continues to consolidate, the one-stop-shop supplier model appears to be the future. What does it mean for distributors—and for everyone else? We talked to suppliers on both sides of the model to see how it’s reshaping the way they do business, and checked in with a few distributors for their thoughts…
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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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