The decorated apparel industry lost one of the most brilliant screen-printing minds in the world yesterday. Joe Clarke passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family and his wife, Colleen Cathcart Lynch, by his side. Joe was president and owner of Clarke Product...
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Royal Apparel Launches New Website, ERP System
Royal Apparel, Hauppauge, N.Y., is launching new business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) websites with an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. Key enhancements have been added to the user experience, including increased website speed, improved...
Stahls’ Announces November 2019 ‘Workshop Wednesday’
Stahls’, Sterling Heights, Mich., is offering two Workshop Wednesday classes, “Artwork 101 and 201,” to be held Nov. 20. The classes will teach attendees how to increase sales by offering eye-catching designs and tips and tricks for creating mockups to help sell them....
ColDesi Inc. Announces New Pretreatment Machine
ColDesi Inc., Tampa, Fla., recently announced the release of its new PTM automatic pretreatment machine for direct-to-garment (DTG) printing. The new machine allows custom T-shirt printers to prepare blank shirts faster and with less hassle than traditional spray...
Penn Emblem Names New Digital Marketing Manager
Penn Emblem Co., Philadelphia, recently named Tyler Joseph as its new digital marketing manager. Joseph joined the company in 2017 as a logistics coordinator, a position in which he implemented a key program to ensure UPS’s Service Level Agreement to Penn Emblem. This...
Blog: KAO Xbar Quality Inkjet Printing Delivers Direct Mail Marketing Success
The results of attracting customers through direct mail can’t be denied, according to Deborah Haskel with IWCO Direct. Direct mail marketing facts 9% response rate for direct mail sent to homes in 2018 23% ROI compared to 16% for online display advertising 81% of...
Transfer Express Offers New Shirt Tag E-Book
Transfer Express, Mentor, Ohio, recently released its free e-book: “Shirt Tag Label Guide.” The reference guide covers the necessary steps from ripping out the manufacturer’s tag to creating a label and applying it to the shirt. It also provides information on...
Trimark Launches New Fall 2019 Collection
Trimark, Pittsburgh, recently announced the launch of its new fall collection. The launch adds more than 20 new styles to the company’s popular Elevate line and exclusive Roots 73 collection from retail brand partner Roots, contributing to one of Trimark’s strongest...
Deadline Extended – Enter the 2019 Impressions Awards
Apparel decorators, the time has come to have your work displayed and judged in the 2019 Impressions Awards. Decorators of all sizes and experience levels are invited to submit their work. The 41st annual contest will be judged at the Fort Worth Imprinted Sportswear...
Sportsman Cap & Bag Moves to New Location
Sportsman Cap & Bag, Kansas City, Mo., recently moved to a larger and newly built headquarters and distribution facility. “Each year, we continue to add more brands and styles to the product lineup. We are currently adding over 30 new styles from popular brands...
Stahls’ Announces October 2019 ‘Workshop Weekend’
Stahls’, Sterling Heights, Mich., is offering a “How to Get Started with Your Heat Press” event, to be held Oct. 19 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. The class will teach attendees tips and tricks for maximizing heat-press investment. The session also will discuss the wide range of...
GSG Launches Be The Match Fundraiser
GSG, Dallas, recently launched an industry fundraiser for Be The Match, a bone marrow donor program, in honor of Payton Granberry, granddaughter of GSG’s President Mark Granberry. Payton Granberry was diagnosed with severe aplastic anemia (SAA) at age 12, but found a...










