He’s controversial, he’s candid, he’s a force. Dov Charney, of Los Angeles Apparel, talks about how transparency and authenticity are more important than buzzwords when it comes to ethics and sustainability.
Warning! Rant coming. People get their panties in a bunch over being told Merry Christmas when they are not Christian, or Happy Holidays when they are Christian. I’m not much about caring regarding either of those things (though I can see the insult inherent in wishing non-Christians a happy Christian holiday.) It being a Capitalist…
Today’s post comes from our pal Brett Bowden of Printed Threads. Everybody’s working for the weeken We have been really busy lately. It always seems like when you have no time for problems, that is when problems arise. The other night we were printing shirts after business hours when we realized a small problem.…
I was stoked that the road back from Farm Aid passes right by Jakprints and I got to see my buds the owners Jacob and Dameon and my other buds working there LT and Jeff and to talk shop and as always to have a good time. My take on Jakprints is that two skatepunks…
I got this email this morning: “Dear Customer, We are interested in purchasing some of your products to Solomon Island,can you send us complete catalog or website? also be informed that our mode of payment for this order is via credit card. We anticipate, your prompt reply. Kind Regards, Ken” It looks like an awesome…
Industry sublimation company Sawgrass Industrial was just bought by the JK Group. That makes them the biggest digital sublimation group in the world. According to the JK prez, that puts JK ,”…into a global leadership position in the digital sublimation sector and at the forefront of the textile pigment inks market development.” It sounds like…
Like it or not, you cannot expect to thrive as a business with your Yellow Pages ad (what’s that?) and just a land line. I personally don’t like it when customers contact me on Facebook. I find it hard to integrate the information into my system and share it with my team. You know what? Stop…
How difficult can it be to answer the phone? Apparently for some people, very difficult. I called an old established business today, searching for garments for a large beverage company customer. The person answering the phone made me feel like I was bothering both her and the company. That is a great way to make…
No, I’m not talking about too many hats in the literal sense, i.e.: we’ve got 3 days to embroider 10,000 caps with only 12 embroidery heads to work with. Been there, done that. Here I am talking figuratively about wearing too many hats and if you are anything like me you are in fact wearing too…
Being a contract printer (ASI supplier) for ASI distributors and other promotional product “professionals” is a love/hate relationship if ever there was one. When the relationship goes well it is a great cooperative arrangement and the distributor (in their white hat of course emblazoned with their clever name and logo) is our financier, our great…
