We’ve always said that one of the biggest challenges garment decorators face is the abilty to create the artwork their customers want and need to have great looking custom items. If you are attending the Atlantic City Imprinted Sportswear Show this week, here’s an educational opportunity (featuring GroupeSTAHL’s own Dane Clement of Great Dane Graphics!)  you [...]

I know I promised you more predictions this week, and they are coming soon. But I wanted to make sure those of you who are able to attend the Long Beach ISS Show know about the educational events going on. If you spend the time and money to attend a trade show, you should make [...]

After yesterday’s blog posting about CadWorxLIVE.com, Dave Wheatley brought up some good points that I wanted to share. Sometimes business is going so well that you simply don’t have the time to get all the artwork you need done on time, even with the help of CadWorxLIVE.com. Or maybe your artist is on vacation, or [...]

Good artwork costs money, right? Well yes and no. On the YES side, it does cost money to invest in a great graphic artist for your staff or to outsource your artwork to a capable firm. But with uncertain economic times, an ever increasing number of government regulations for businesses, and the fact that no [...]

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 [...]