ColDesi, Inc., Tampa, Fla., recently announced the addition of Bella + Canvas, Carhartt, and Next Level to its wholesale apparel collection on its supply division website, Colman and Company. According to ColDesi, the company is making it easy for startup businesses...
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Tiger Group Online Auction to Feature Equipment from Gate NY
Tiger Group, New York City, is now accepting bids for the April 15 online auction of assets from Holbrook-based embroidery and garment-printing company Gate NY. Highlights of the auction include screen-printing machines, flash cures, dryers, folders and accessories by...
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 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
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...
ColDesi, Inc. Adds Sublimation Blanks to Supply Website
ColDesi, Inc., Tampa, Fla., recently announced the addition of sublimation blanks to its wholesale collection on its supply division website, Colman and Company. The ColDesi supplies site has integrated products from the BestBlanks brand including mugs, ornaments,...
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
“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...
ROQ.US Introduces #ROQTogether Movement
ROQ.US, Vancouver, Wash., has unveiled #ROQTogether, a unified movement to implement and embrace diversity inside and outside the apparel industry. An expansion of the company’s #WomenROQ movement and Facebook Group launched last year, ROQ.US sees #ROQTogether as a...
Vantage Apparel Celebrates Mom & Pop Business Owner Day
Vantage Apparel, Avenel, N.J., is celebrating small businesses across the nation with its “Local Love” campaign. As the nation reopens, many small businesses are gearing up for a comeback after being sidelined by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Vantage’s “Local Love”...
AWT Unveils New Stretch-Lok Screen Stretching System
AWT World Trade, Inc., Chicago, now offers the new Stretch-Lok manual screen stretching system. The Stretch-Lok is a sensibly priced, all mechanical screen fabric stretching system that delivers precise mesh tensions and can stretch multiple screens simultaneously,...
Ricoh USA’s Dr. Marlene Kolodziej Wins Stevie Award for Woman of the Year
Ricoh USA, Inc., Exton, Pa., recently announced that Dr. Marlene Kolodziej has been named a Bronze Stevie Award winner for Woman of the Year in the customer service category for the 15th annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. Over 2,300 nominations...












