Just like it has for just about every other industry under the sun, Amazon has disrupted the apparel marketplace by implementing its own lines of clothing, features and manufacturing processes. But third-party apparel sellers are still causing Amazon some headaches, especially as counterfeit products slip through the cracks. This is something we’ve seen at similarly…
Read MoreWill Smith’s Fresh Prince Merch and Apparel Line Is Kind of Genius
Will Smith is one of those guys who seems to have transcended humanity and become a cultural institution. He’s made hit TV shows, chart-topping albums and summer blockbusters, and even worked as a genie that one time. Still, Smith is probably best known for “The Fresh Prince of Bel Air,” which is how most people…
Read MoreCharles River Apparel Announces Additional Building Location
Charles River Apparel has secured a long-term lease for additional space in Sharon, Mass., to support its business growth. The new space is strategically located next to its corporate headquarters, and will provide additional warehouse, office and showroom space, allowing for a Charles River Campus setting. The company also plans to use the new space…
Read MoreWhat’s a Green Flash, Anyway? 4 Things You Missed at Promo Marketing’s San Diego Power Meeting
We’re still trying to process the fact that our San Diego Power Meeting was the second to last one of the year. (Where has the time gone?) If you’ve been keeping up with our Instagram page then you’d know what we were up to for a week in mid September. If you weren’t fortunate enough to attend, here are four highlights from one of our best Power Meetings yet…
Read MoreHow Live Garment Decoration Became Big Business
Right now, the garment decoration industry is shifting. Though there is still a place for large-volume print runs, there is a new frontier in print-on-demand, and it’s happening now. It might be at an event or in a store, or you might not even know about it when you go on your mobile device to order a printed Levi’s T-shirt. Either way, it’s happening, and the change will be rapid…
Read Morecommonsku Ignites Imaginations at Third Annual skucamp Conference
commonsku, a promotional products business and sales software platform, hosted its third annual skucamp conference in Pittsburgh. More than 120 supplier and distributor entrepreneurs arrived from as far away as Australia to attend the third annual skucamp, a bootcamp-style conference designed to help entrepreneurs reboot and re-imagine their business. The conference sessions were kicked off…
Read MoreCheck Out This New Wearable Tech That’s Powered by Sweat and Screen-Printed Right Onto Material
Scientists from the Université Grenoble Alpes in France and U.C. San Diego developed a way to create stretchable, flexible wearable technology that uses compounds present in human sweat to power it. The material is made up of carbon nanotubes connected by stretchable components screen-printed onto the material…
Read MorePhiladelphia Eagles Fan Designs and Sells T-shirts Commemorating His Own Viral Moment
Following a Philadelphia Eagles loss to the Detroit Lions, diehard fan Hakim Laws—fresh off saving children from a house fire—called out Eagles wide receiver Nelson Agholor in a local news interview. His comments quickly went viral, with Laws creating T-shirts and sweatshirts commemorating the micro-moment…
Read MoreHYOU Frequently Asked Questions
Tell us why you selected this category. How does your business/these products best fit within the category? We lit-rally can’t even contain our excitement with the brand new SnugZ USA apparel line, HYOU. Our completely customizable, full-color imprints turn your brand into wearable art. Backpacks, tees, hoodies—you name it. With a 10-day production time and…
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Vaping, once regarded by some as a safer alternative to traditional cigarettes or…
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