Mark Venit stopped in for a visit in St. Clair Shores last week. He had some clients he was consulting with in Michigan and decided to drop by between appointments. For the past several months, in addition to his consulting work, Mark has been busy downloading his marketing experience in the decorated apparel industry into [...]

It’s never a bad idea to remind folks that you are still in business and would love their repeat order this spring. Like the seal in this photo…get your face out there and get recognized! What can you do? If you have the time and/or manpower, pick up the phone and start calling customers who [...]

Crowds at the Atlantic City Imprinted Sportswear Show waiting to see the new Hotronix Fusion Swinger/Draw heat press. Although I personally wasn’t able to make it to Atlantic City, GroupeSTAHL was well represented at the recent Imprinted Sportswear Show this past weekend. The biggest surprise was the number of people new to the business purchasing [...]

If you read some of our predictions for 2010 from various GroupeSTAHL people, you might be wondering how accurate they really were. Well, we’re only into February, but we have received some valuable feedback from customer service reps at Stahls’ ID Direct as to what is going on out there. On average our reps have [...]

It seems I’m not the only one who thinks that the idea of promoting the service of adding lettering to existing or pre-printed garments is a good idea. Josh Ellsworth mentioned that he laughed when he read my blog post this morning about the MI Elite Volleyball club because his already submitted article for the [...]

Well it seems Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow this morning, which according to tradition means that we are in for another 6 weeks of winter. But that’s no reason to crawl back under the covers. Spring on the way means getting ready for one of your busiest seasons of the year. It’s time to check [...]

We might have to continue our predictions into February, since the month of January is pretty much over…how did that happen? January went by quickly, with a lot happening around GroupeSTAHL, the PPAI show in Las Vegas, the Imprinted Sportswear Show in Long Beach, the launching of CAD-CUT Direct.com, …I didn’t even have a chance [...]

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 [...]

Just finished an article in the online New York Times that not only made me laugh, but it reminded me about why my father started offering lettering with a thermal adhesive that people could apply themselves–he was tired of people complaining about the spelling mistakes they said he made!  ( Stahls’ Felt Stamping, the original [...]

Neon colors are always in fashion somewhere, aren’t they? Personally, I think they look better on the beach or on the slopes, but it seems the NFL’s Seattle team, the Seattle Seahawks, is giving it a go on the gridiron.  In defense of Seattle’s marketing team, or whoever came up with the idea, I’m always [...]