Coming hot on the heels of the record-setting Impressions Expo in Long Beach, California, this past January, the 2025 Impressions Expo in Atlantic City, New Jersey, was yet another winner.
Though not as expansive as the Long Beach show—Impressions’ premier event—this year’s Atlantic City Expo, which featured more than 100 exhibitors occupying some 25,000-square-feet of exhibition space in Atlantic City’s state-of-the-art convention center, was nonetheless an impressive one.
First and foremost was the energy that seemed to permeate the entire three-day event. Though hard to quantity in the immediate wake of the show, exhibitors of from all backgrounds—including everything from equipment vendors to materials and blank apparel specialist—lauded the number of sales they’d made and/or number of solid leads generated.
Sales and Leads at Impressions Expo Atlantic City
The decorated-apparel professionals who tend to make the trek to Impressions sole East Coast show tend to do so with eye toward getting as much business done as possible, and this year’s event was no exception—as was evident in the number of “sold” signs taped to everything from more than a few of the many heat presses on display to at least one cutting edge DTF printer.
Also bursting with energy were the many educational conference sessions on offer this year. These included everything from a series of hands-on screen-printing and heat pressing sessions to panel discussions on everything from the latest in social media marketing strategies to the use of generative AI.
Live Screen-printing Stations
Same thing with the crowds checking out this year’s Shop Talk stage, show’s pair of live poster and T-shirt screen-printing stations and, of course, the happy hour at the end of the first day of the show, sponsored by custom DTG specialist Ninja Transfers.
Thanks to everyone involved in helping make this year’s event such a success! Looking ahead, Impressions 2026 Atlantic City Expo, will take place March 26-28. In the meantime, we’re already looking forward to seeing the industry again at Impressions next event, set to take place Oct. 2-4 in Dallas, Texas.
