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Next Level Apparel Debuts New Vintage T-Shirt Collection
May 25, 2023 | Industry
Next Level Apparel (NLA), Los Angeles, has premiered a new product line that promises a perfect, sustainable fit for consumers and the environment.
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Roland DGA Launches VersaOBJECT CO Series Printers
May 24, 2023 | Digital Decorating
Roland DGA, Irvine, California, has launched its new VersaOBJECT CO Series line of inkjets—advanced flatbed and belt-driven UV printers, which print directly on an array of substrates and three-dimensional items.
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SanMar Recognized as a US Best Managed Company
May 24, 2023 | Industry
SanMar, Issaquah, Washington, has been selected as a 2023 US Best Managed Company.
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Creative Destruction of the Best Kind in the Decorated Apparel Industry
May 24, 2023 | TrendsAustrian-born economist Joseph Schumpeter’s economic “gale,” as continuing advances in business tech are sometimes known, has been a good thing for the decorated apparel industry in the United States in more ways than one.

Video: Fairweather Johnson’s Unique Approach to Sustainability
May 9, 2023 | Shop TalkShop Talk’s Rick Roth sat down with industry veterans Zahir “Zach” Sait, John Rusk, and Adam Walterscheid, of the popular Fairweather Johnson brand, to discuss Textisle, their new, effective method of recycling fabric waste to create more sustainable apparel.

Special Show Report: The Latest from the Decorating Industry
May 2, 2023 | TrendsThe blank apparel and apparel decorating equipment and materials suppliers exhibiting at the first two Impressions Expos of 2023 presented a wealth of new products, including everything from the latest in high-tech to an assortment of great new garments.
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Decorating Methods Up Top
February 22, 2023My career started in the imprinted sportswear industry selling both screen-print and heat-transfer equipment for embellishing caps.

Remove, Replace and Recycle Your Emblems
January 17, 2023Whether it has been sewn on or heat sealed, it is both cost effective and makes all the sense in the world to remove an old emblem and replace or adhere it to another article of clothing.

Try Creating Multiple Variations on a Theme When Designing for the Holidays
October 24, 2022The end of the year is a great time for garment decorating. Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas–all are the perfect reason for creating fun, festive designs for printing, and with dye sublimation, in particular, sales opportunities abound.