What are my impressions (no pun intended) after spending 3 days here at the Long Beach Imprinted Sportswear Show? Well for starters, you can rest assured that the custom decorated apparel industry is alive and kicking. The lobby of the Long Beach Convention Center was hard to navigate at 10:00am on Friday, there were so [...]

This morning the SGIA Expo opened in New Orleans. It is not as busy as expected but not bad for a Wednesday and we are sure the traffic will pick up. They are expecting over 10,000 visitors and if you have never been to a large industry trade show, this is a great one to [...]

Thanks to Carl Agosta of Stahls’ Decorating Fulfillment Center for providing all these behind the scenes photos. I’m not sure if they really capture all the hard work that went into heat printing all the NHL All-Star Jerseys that were worn by players and sold to fans last weekend, but they do give you a [...]

The NHL All-Star game this past weekend was a hockey event unlike any I’ve attended, and as a life-long Detroit Red Wings fan, seasoned hockey dad and very involved community supporter of local hockey teams and leagues, I’ve been to my share of hockey events. Here are some of the reasons why: First of all, the [...]

Here’s a case where thinking out of the box led to growing something inside a box. Square Watermelons!  I guess this isn’t really a new idea, the Japanese supposedly have been growing and selling square watermelons for years, but an export company out of Panama just delivered its first shipment of 120 square melons to [...]