BELLA+CANVAS, Los Angeles, recently launched FAM 2.0, the second iteration of content for its online Fashion Apparel Masterclass (FAM) courses. FAM 2.0 includes video lessons on three new topics, along with interactions, downloadable resources and customer-ready...
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Alternative Apparel Discontinues Virgin Polyester
Alternative Apparel, Atlanta, recently announced today it will replace all virgin polyester with 100% recycled polyester in manufacturing beginning this year. The move makes the eco-focused apparel brand the first in the printwear market to take such a step, according...
Recap: Impressions Expo Long Beach 2020
Every year, the Impressions editorial team highly anticipates traveling to the Imprinted Sportswear Show (ISS) event in Long Beach, Calif. This year, however, the excitement was even more palpable due to the event’s rebranding under a new moniker: Impressions Expo....
Why Social Media is Worth Your Time
Social media is the most-effective, least-expensive method of advertising and marketing your decorated apparel business that has ever existed in the world. And yet, according to five social media gurus I interviewed for this series, they see only a tiny percentage of...
Transfer Express Offers Benefits of Ganged Sheets Video
Transfer Express, Mentor, Ohio, now offers a new educational video, “Benefits of A Gang Sheet,” which discusses the benefits of “ganging.” In the video, shown above, the ganging technique is demonstrated by putting the maximum number of images on a single sheet,...
OrderMyGear Wins B2B Customer Strategy Cloud Award
OrderMyGear, Dallas, has been named the winner of the B2B Customer Strategy category in the international Cloud Computing Awards program. This honor recognizes the OrderMyGear (OMG) Jumpstart, Success and Support teams for their client-centric service. These teams...
Stahls’ Offers 2020 Apparel Predictions and Trends Video
Stahls’, Sterling Heights, Mich., recently released an archived edition of Stahls’ Morning Show that features Josh Ellsworth, senior vice president of GroupeSTAHL, and Jenna Sackett, education content specialist at STAHLS' TV, discussing 2020 apparel predictions and...
Hoops Offers Decorated Apparel Business-Management Software
Hoops, Queensland, Australia, is a business-management software solution for decorated-apparel businesses. It provides a platform that undertakes the everyday tasks and processes in an all-in-one, simple and easy-to-use, cloud-based application, according to the...
PolyOne Unveils Zodiac Aquarius Digital Hybrid Ink System
PolyOne Specialty Inks, Avon Lake, Ohio, recently launched its new Zodiac Aquarius Digital Hybrid eco-conscious water-based ink system at Impressions Expo, held Jan. 17-19 in Long Beach, Calif. Consisting of a white underbase and matte top coat designed to protect and...
Operation Team Player Seizes $123 Million in Fake Super Bowl Merchandise
Federal authorities in Miami seized an estimated $123 million worth of counterfeit sports merchandise for teams playing in Super Bowl LIV, according to media reports. According to a statement released by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), officials found...
Penn Emblem Supports Australia’s Surviving Animals
Penn Emblem, Trevose, Pa., is providing aid to Australia’s animals amid the catastrophic bush fire that recently swept across the country. The company wanted to do its part to help the millions of animals that were displaced, orphaned or worse. The Animal Rescue...
Vantage Apparel Receives Top Awards for Decoration
Vantage Apparel, Avenel, N.J., has won two industry awards for decoration and service. The company accepted its 24th Promotional Products Association Intl. (PPAI) Gold Pyramid Award for Supplier Decorating in the embroidery category at the PPAI Expo in Las Vegas....








