The Power of Pantone as a Tool in Your Apparel Decorating Business

This article originally ran in Apparelist. To read more, click here. For those in the fashion industry, a category that definitely includes garment decorators, the Pantone color forecasts can be a very useful tool. If you are not aware, Pantone selects, each autumn, a color to represent the upcoming year, a color that it feels captures the…

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Bag Makers Wins Three 2024 PPAI Pyramid Awards

Bag Makers Inc., Union, IL, received three 2024 Promotional Products Association International (PPAI) Pyramid Awards, including a Supplier Award of Merit, a Gold Pyramid Award for Supplier Decorating/Special Applications and Processes, and a Silver Pyramid Award for Supplier Decorating/Combination of Processes. PPAI’s annual Pyramid Awards honor creative excellence in the promotional products industry and recognize…

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Convergence Corner: The Power of Yes

It’s interesting how businesses start out — and even diversify — sometimes. Often, it’s just out of necessity. Russ Truluck, CEO of Inform Systems Data Documents Inc., Arden, North Carolina, remembers when he first added promotional products to his product line. A print customer didn’t have the items they needed for a trade show. After…

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Amber Dobson Wins The Magnet Group’s Fran Ford Award

The Magnet Group, Washington, MO, announced Amber Dobson as the 2023 Fran Ford Award winner. The annual Fran Ford Award recognizes the Magnet Group employee who embodies the outstanding characteristics that defined Fran Ford. For those who had the pleasure of knowing Fran, many of his amazing character traits…

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Proforma Empowers Growth and Collaboration at 2024 PPAI Expo

Proforma, Cleveland, marked its impactful presence at the 2024 PPAI Expo in Las Vegas with a Welcome Reception, collaboration sessions, and community-building conversations. The event provided a dynamic platform for Proforma’s team members to engage with industry professionals and kick off the new year together. The Proforma network was out in full force at the…

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