The start of the 2025 Impressions Expo decorated-apparel industry trade show in Long Beach, California (Jan. 22-25) is right around the corner, and what better time to get organized in anticipation of making the most of this year’s event—which is still going on...
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Fanatics Introduces ‘L.A. Strong’ T-shirts to Raise Funds for Fire Victims
To help out with the recovery from the ongoing Los Angeles wildfires currently affecting the Pacific Palisades, Eaton and Altadena areas, the New York-based sports apparel and commerce company Fanatics has partnered with a number of LA sports teams to support the city...
Ninja Printhouse Website Facilitates Rush Orders, Blind Shipping
Philadelphia, PA-based Ninja Transfer’s Ninja Printhouse division has unveiled an all-new website at ninjaprinthouse.com, which according to the company will change the way “promotional product distributors create and order custom apparel and merchandise, especially...
2025 Impressions Long Beach Poster to Feature Snoop Dogg
What is Long Beach, California, known for? Sure, the Queen Mary is docked there. But it’s also where rapper, actor and producer Snoop Dogg hails from! It should come as no surprise then that when brain storming ideas for the Ink Kitchen’s live poster printing station...
Impressions Expo Long Beach: Sold Out!
It’s official. With three weeks to go until the show opens, the 2025 Impressions Expo in Long Beach, California, is officially SOLD OUT, with an incredible 301 companies reserving 124,000-square-feet of floor space. “It’s going to be a great show and a great way to...
Looking Ahead: Apparel-Decorating Trends in 2025
Looking back over the past 12 months, the first thing that comes to mind is how both the economy as a whole and the decorated-apparel industry, in particular, have continued to thrive. This same time last year I wrote, “Barring any kind of craziness on the part of the...
Ricoma CEO Henry Ma on Getting Started in Decorated Apparel
In a wide-ranging Q&A with Impressions Content Director, Adam Cort, Henry Ma, CEO of Ricoma International shares his thoughts on everything from advice for entrepreneurs entering the custom apparel market to strategies for building a client base and why the custom...
A Look at Hybrid DTG/DTF Printing with Epson’s Tim Check
Long a global leader in the area digital apparel decorating, Epson continues to push the envelope with a line of “hybrid” printers capable of both direct-to-garment (DTG) and direct-to-film (DTF) decorating. Impressions content director, Adam Cort, spoke with Tim...
Impressions Expo 2025 Long Beach, California, Resource Page
With 2025 now upon us, it’s time for apparel decorators and the screen-printing, embroidery, heat-pressing and digital decorating equipment and materials suppliers of the world to starting thinking seriously about the upcoming 2025 Impressions Expo in Long Beach,...
Ink Kitchen Impressions Expo Poster Screen Printing for a Good Cause
The relationship between apparel decorators and the communities they serve has long been a close one, and nowhere is this more evident than in the efforts of the Ink Kitchen’s Rick Roth and Pam Ikegami. In recent years, in addition to the Shop Talk panel discussions...
Q&A with Impressions Expo Long Beach Show Director Kayla McGarry
With 2024 fast coming to a close, there’s no better time to check in with Impressions Expo show director Kayla McGarry to get the latest on what to expect at the first Impressions Expo of 2025, taking place in Long Beach, Californian, January 23-25. Impressions...
A Q&A with Lane Seven Apparel’s Milissa Gibson
Based in Southern California, blank apparel specialist Lane Seven Apparel first made a name for itself as a manufacturer of high-quality fleecewear. However, it has since gone on to become much, much more, with a wide-ranging product line that is as easy on the...














