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SanMar Recognized as a U.S. Best-Managed Company

SanMar Corp., Issaquah, Wash., recently announced it has been selected as a 2021 U.S. Best-Managed Company. Sponsored by Deloitte Private and The Wall Street Journal, the program recognizes outstanding U.S. private companies and the achievements of their management...

BELLA+CANVAS Names New Chief Operating Officer

BELLA+CANVAS, Los Angeles, has announced that Norm Hullinger will join the company as its chief operating officer. Most recently, Hullinger was CEO at alphabroder, a role he held since 2012. Prior to becoming CEO, he served as alphabroder’s COO for 10 years. “The...

Threadfast Apparel Welcomes Back Former Sales Manager

Threadfast Apparel, New York, recently announced the return of Rachel Hoskins as its sales manager. “We are thrilled to welcome Rachel back,” says Abe Anteby, president of Threadfast Apparel, LLC. “She has a unique ability to connect with our customers and strengthen...

World Emblem Partners with Bendshape Mask

World Emblem Partners with Bendshape Mask

World Emblem, Hollywood, Fla., has partnered with Bendshape Mask, to scale manufacturing of the Quartz ASTM3 surgical mask. The Quartz ASTM3 is the industry's first transparent, sealed surgical mask that meets the full ASTM level 3 standard, ideal for surgical...

The Software Piracy Problem

The Software Piracy Problem

The controversies around software piracy have been bubbling since the early 1980s. In this always-connected world, what once was considered only a nuisance for software developers has grown into a wider threat for everyone. There are strong ethical concerns when you...

Evaluating Facebook Page Insights

Evaluating Facebook Page Insights

Last month, I explained the reasons for conducting a social media audit, and we barely got started discussing data analytics offered by Facebook for evaluating your page(s). I strongly suggest you read that column first (“Auditing Your Social Media Pages,” March...

Creating Raster Print/Cut Designs

Creating Raster Print/Cut Designs

The print/cut process is not only a great way to create designs for heat-printing wearables, but you also can create decals for cups, windows, walls and all kinds of hard surfaces. This full-color printing capability also is ideal for using raster images, such as...

On Design: Animal Kingdom

On Design: Animal Kingdom

“Paws” was created by Quality Punch, a Torrance, California-based embroidery-digitizing and vector-art supplier. Created in-house, the cushion-cover piece was designed to show the company’s customers that embroidered patches are compatible with more than just...

Strategy & Planning Series
Strategy & Planning Series
Strategy & Planning Series