SanMar Corp., Issaquah, Wash., recently announced its new Spring 2021 New Brands, New Looks catalog. The launch includes three new brand partnerships and adds 115 styles to their suite of apparel. Notable highlights include products from TravisMathew, Carhartt, Next...
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InkSoft Launches Free Online Designer Marketing Kit
InkSoft, Tempe, Ariz., has launched its new Online Designer Marketing Kit, allowing users access to reach more clients, actively engage with them and sell more product. Despite the pandemic, e-commerce grew globally nearly 30%, according to data released by...
M&R, Livingston Systems Ink Deal on DTG Pallets for Maverick System
M&R Printing Equipment Inc., Roselle, Ill., has partnered with Livingston Systems, Denver, to outfit its Maverick industrial high-speed direct-to-garment (DTG) printing system with Livingston’s TucLoc pallets. “This arrangement will allow operators of the Maverick...
Universal Woods Welcomes New Finance and Marketing Staff
Universal Woods, LLC, Louisville, Ky., recently announced the hiring of Tim McKenna as its new financial planning and analysis manager and Annie Boone as its new digital marketing manager. McKenna joined Universal Woods in November and is responsible for the annual...
Summa Releases New S One Series Roll Cutter Product Line
Summa, Beverly, Mass., recently announced its new S One Series, a roll cutter product line replacing the former SummaCut roll cutter Series. To optimise quality, ergonomics as well as efficiency, the S One Series is built completely from the base, using the experience...
Choosing The Best ‘Buckets’ For Your Social Media Calendar
If you read my January column, I explained the process of creating a social media calendar along with some tips and tricks to make it easier. Once you have finished that step, the next stage is to start planning the content you want to fill it with. This is where you...
Tips for Digitizing on Thin Fabrics
Embroidering on thin fabrics such as performancewear and tri-blend garments can scare away some embroiderers. The thin, stretchy, sheer materials typically present a challenge even to the most experienced embroiders. These garments take even more consideration...
Kornit Wins 2020 EDP Award
Kornit Digital, Duesseldorf, Germany, recently was named among 29 winners of the 2020 EDP Awards, presented by the European Digital Press Association (EDP). The company’s NeoPigment Robusto Softener solution, which ensures superior hand feel for substrates imprinted...
DTG Growth Opportunities in the Digital Decorating Industry in 2021
Today’s online shopper has their eye on the instant gratification of direct-to-garment (DTG) printing. “We live in an instant gratification world where companies like Amazon deliver whatever we want to buy, sometimes the same day,” says Equipment Zones’ Terry Combs....
Kazoku, Inc. Releases New Digital Screen Maker and Memory Printer
Kazoku, Inc., Eugene, Ore., recently announced the new Fast Screen Tracer (FST) Digital Screen Maker and the Flash Screen Memory Printer (FSM). FST is a screen-making technology that renders the once-essential emulsion process unnecessary, while FSM creates beautiful...
M&R Announces Inaugural 2021 Digital Squeegee Awards Competition
M&R Printing Equipment, Inc., Roselle, Ill., announces the first-annual 2021 Digital Squeegee Awards competition. The Digital Squeegee Awards is a year-long celebration of garment decorators who excel at hybrid printing on the DS-4000 DIGITAL SQUEEGEE Hybrid...
Shirt Designs Online Launches Affordable Design Studio
Shirt Designs Online, Boston, a division of Online Design Studios, now offers the Affordable Design Studio, a software-as-a-service garment designer for small, medium and large companies. Priced at $29 per month, the new studio software requires no setup fees and is...










