Jack Nicklaus Apparel, North Palm Beach, Fla., has announced a multi-pronged partnership with apparel company 5 Crown Intl., Milford, Conn. Under the agreement, 5 Crown Intl. will design and market Jack Nicklaus Apparel’s men’s and women’s collections in the United...
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CafePress Launches EverythingGear.com
CafePress Inc., Louisville, Ky., recently launched EverythingGear.com. EverythingGear.com lets users instantly create a customized webpage with products bearing their names, which they can then share with family and friends via a custom URL. There are two methods...
STAHLS’ Transfer Express Offers New Christmas Designs
STAHLS’ Transfer Express, Mentor, Ohio, has added five new Christmas designs to its Transfer Extreme line. The four-color simulated process, plastisol ink transfers are high-quality, sharply detailed images and have a soft hand, according to the company. They are made...
Bernina Announces WeAllSew Challenge Winner
BERNINA of America, Aurora, Ill., recently announced Julie G. from Los Gatos, Calif., as the winner of its third and final WeAllSew Challenge. Julie G. received a $1,000 BERNINA gift card and a post about her other projects on the WeAllSew blog. Additionally, Cheryl...
Screen Printing Tip of the Week: Prevent Ink Drying
When using a print/flash/print method, ink can dry out in the open portions of the screen. Over-flashing or over-heating the ink during flashing often causes this problem. Plastisol ink only needs to feel dry to the touch to be considered flashed. Over-flashing not...
Hanes Continues Partnership With Box Tops for Education
Hanes Branded Printwear, a division of HanesBrands, Winston-Salem, N.C., has expanded its exclusive partnership with Box Tops for Education. In March 2011, Hanes Branded Printwear announced the initial partnership and launch of Hanes4Education, which enables schools...
PPAI Introduces Health Care Planning Tool
Promotional Products Association International (PPAI), Irving, Texas, recently introduced the PPAI Health Care Planning Tool. PPAI has added the Health Care Planning Tool to help members navigate the Patient Protection Affordable Care Act (PPACA), which will go...
Promo Marketing, Technologo Announce Partnership
Promo Marketing has chosen Technologo, Toronto, to power its PromoMarketing.com product search tool. The partnership provides PromoMarketing.com users with access to Technologo’s Virtual Sample solution, allowing distributors to create virtual samples on more than...
Bodek and Rhodes Earns Four Excellence Awards
Bodek and Rhodes, Philadelphia, earned four distinctions in this year’s Promo Marketing Excellence Awards. Readers of the Promo Marketing magazine voted for their favorite suppliers in a number of categories, naming Bodek and Rhodes the silver winner in the “Favorite...
Heat Transfer Warehouse Offers Hot-Fix Rhinestones
Heat Transfer Warehouse, Fargo, N.D., recently announced the addition of Korean Rhinestones to its product line. By adding rhinestones to its offering, Heat Transfer Warehouse is now a one-stop-shop for garment decorators, according to the company. “Glitter films have...
Meet Michelle: Chronicling a Start-Up Decorator — Part 6
What a difference a year makes! When we first met Michelle Capps at the 2011 Imprinted Sportswear Shows (ISS) event in Atlanta, she was a lady on a mission. It was her first ISS event and she came armed with information and research — looking to purchase equipment to...
Keys to Success with Rush Orders
It’s coming, whether you are ready for it or not: the Rush Order Bombshell. You know the one I’m talking about — it’s that job that’s critical to one of your key clients, and it may just be over the edge of “Can We Pull This Off?” Every shop goes through this crisis...





