It seems I mistakenly attributed comments to the wrong person in one of my last postings, so my apologies to Sue Burgess and Cyndi Mills for the mix up.  I have corrected the blog posting and given credit where credit is due! Here are a few more comments on the state of the industry from [...]

Predictions for the future of the promotional products industry–at least those I gleaned from GroupeSTAHL people who had the opportunity to attend the show in Las Vegas last week–sound extremely positive.  Takeaways include:

“Wow, this place is packed!” There are lines of people waiting to get in every morning and heavy traffic in both our booths.  [...]

Thanks for all the positive feedback I’ve been getting on this series of predictions for 2010 from GroupeSTAHL people around the world. So far we’ve heard from Brian Baker, Product Research and Development, Josh Ellsworth,  Stahls’ CADCUT Direct and Ulrike Andre, Stahls’ International. Now I have a submission from David Wheatley, who has been with [...]

Hope everyone is getting off on the right foot in 2010. It’s going to be an exciting year and I have more predictions, marketing ideas and trends to share with you from GroupeSTAHL folks. Thanks for all your positive feedback on my recent posting on predictions for the heat printing industry for 2010. I have [...]

I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday and is enjoying the time between the years. I know in Europe most businesses are closed during this time but here in the US there are still a lot of busy decorators working and if you’re not busy, it’s a good time to be planning for the future. [...]

I’ve been getting a lot of requests from business owners to share marketing ideas, and, as I promised in the last blog entry, I will start with this blog entry, the 1st of three parts. I know I don’t like to read super long blogs, so I will try to keep mine short and readable, [...]

As the owner of an international business, I keep my eyes and ears open for signs of economic recovery and what I’ve been noticing lately is a shift within the garment decorating industry.  Many industry contacts are experiencing all time new lows as large orders of custom garments done with the traditional methods of  screen [...]

With Halloween over, and I hope you all have recovered from your sugar hangovers, it’s time to forge ahead towards the holiday season. Don’t miss out on sales this year because you get an order for something you normally don’t print or normally can’t embroider. That’s where heat printing comes in.  If you own a [...]

I ran across an article in an AAA (Automobile Club) publication that talked about two of my favorite subjects, classic cars and t-shirts, so I thought I would show the shirt. Not being from the West coast, I’m not that familiar with In-N-Out burger chain, but I know it has quite a cult following. And [...]

Q: Do you lay the shirt directly on the platen or slip it around the platen? Is there a difference?
 
A: For most garments you can lay them directly on the platen. The reason to slip it around the platen or “thread/dress” the garment is to remove the interference of pockets, buttons, zippers, etc. Some common [...]