Shop Talk Panel: The Future of Decorated Apparel Industry

Published: September 30, 2024

In this fascinating Shop Talk conversation, the Ink Kitchen’s Rick Roth talks with Alex Phelan, Michelle Moxley and Jacob Edwards about the current state of the decorated-apparel industry, and what has—and hasn’t—taken them by surprise of late.

Everyone has opinions about the future. How many of these predictions, though, end up coming true? In this fun and fascinating Shop Talk panel discussion, the Ink Kitchen’s Rick Roth talks with Alex Phelan of Merchadise, Ink Kitchen contributor and AI researcher Michelle Moxley, and Jacob Edwards of Jakprints about the recent revolutionary changes to the decorated-apparel industry they did—and didn’t–see coming.

Rick’s conversation with Alex, Michelle and Jacob was recorded at the 2024 Impressions Expo in Long Beach, California. For more on the Long Beach event as well as the other two annual Impressions Expos in Fort Worth, Texas, and Atlantic City, New Jersey, click here. To see more videotaped Shop Talk sessions from over the years, click here.

Strategy & Planning Series
Strategy & Planning Series
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