Amid a rapidly shifting global trade environment and the impact of new tariffs, global brands and retailers are being forced to rethink long-standing offshore production strategies. Historically, cost savings have driven manufacturing overseas, often at the expense of...
Heat transfer and custom direct-to-film (DTF) transfer provider 613 Originals is raising the bar for heat transfer professionals with newly expanded shipping benefits. Known for its premium heat transfer solutions, the company now offers free UPS Ground Shipping on...
Custom heat-press transfers provider STAHLS’ Transfer Express has launched what it describes as a new “industry-first tool” designed to make creating stunning, production-ready artwork easier than ever: the STAHLS’ ART AI Assist, a cutting-edge artificial intelligence...
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based Ninja Transfers, a leader in DTF (direct-to-film) transfers, is expanding into full-color vinyl custom stickers—offering creators, businesses and individuals a new way to express their style or build their brand. “These vibrant,...
Philadelphia-based Ninja Transfers, a leader in custom direct-to-film (DTF) transfers, is expanding its offerings with the launch of Ninja Blanks, a curated line of premium blank apparel. According to the company, Ninja Blanks is designed “with creators in mind,...
A collaboration between master screen printer and sales rep Kieth Stevens and fellow master printer William Jimenez, both with International Coatings, this extraordinary lenticular image (i.e. an image that creates the illusion of depth) is actually a combination of...
In a great example of a decorator combining a number of different techniques, the Pacific Northwest’s Emerald City Decoration employed a combination of direct-to-garment (DTG) and direct-to-film (DTF) to produce this image for a Seattle Space Needle tee, based on a...
Quality Punch, the winner in our Embroidery Design of the Year Category, actually sent in three separate designs, each one better than the last! According to Quality Punch’s Ria Habib, the work shown here was originally the customer’s idea: “We had fun working on this...
“How do we do make our booth more inclusive, fun and just plain cool?” That question in turn prompted, Deric Hoch, CEO of custom heat-transfer specialist 613 Originals, to jokingly pitch the idea of a taco stand, in a nod to Long Beach, California (site of one...
The poet Emily Dickinson is purported to have said, “If you take care of the small things, the big things take care of themselves.” With this in mind, what better example of the decorated apparel industry’s commitment to sustainability than Madeira USA’s Polyneon...
Hard to believe it’s only been a little over two years since Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based custom direct-to-transfer (DTF) specialist Ninja Transfers burst onto the custom decorated-apparel scene. Talk about impact! Suffice it so say, it didn’t take long for the...
An offshoot of custom direct-to-film (DTF) provider Ninja Transfers, the newly launched custom decorator Ninja Printhouse is dedicated to making it possible for its customers to say, “yes,” to every order. The result? Over $7,000,000 in sales in the space of a single...
