Printwear & Promotion

TheMagicArt package makes life easier for decorators

 TheMagicTouch has introduced a new design and marketing tool, TheMagicArt Collection for the decoration market, which makes it quick and easy to cost-effectively produce personalised samples. Nathan Newbury head of technical at TheMagicTouch explained: “The process of creating a logo/design from scratch or re-drawing an existing logo/design suitable for sample …

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Higher cotton prices impact on Gildan’s latest results

In its third quarter fiscal results, Gildan Activewear has announced that its Printwear segment reported operating income of $129.7million – up 8.8% from $119.2million in the third quarter of fiscal 2013. Operating margins for Printwear were 26.8% compared with 27.5% in the third quarter of last year as higher net …

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Forget the ‘Selfie’ – it’s time for the Deskie!

As part the BPMA* Promotional Products Week initiative, the Association is looking for desks with character, desks with style and desks that have seen a lot of life and a bit of loving by office workers around the UK. Simply take a ‘deskie’, post it on Facebook at www.facebook.com/bpmasourcing and you …

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Custom Planet invest in new printing equipment

Online custom printing and embroidery specialists, Custom Planet have added to their printing capabilities with an investment of £60,000 on printing equipment in a bid to increase output. The addition will see their screen printing capacity expanded to approaching up to 8,000 T shirts a day and the company has …

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Wild Thang serve up eighth year of tennis support

Liverpool-based Wild Thang has sponsored The Hope University International Tennis Tournament for the eighth consecutive year, becoming tournament’s longest standing supporter. The tournament took place in June. Wild Thang md, Andrew Dwerryhouse, said: “Each year I look at the finances and say to myself can we afford to be involved …

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New WMS system delivering benefits for Blue Max Banner

Clothing supplier, Blue Max Banner, has reported major improvements to customer service levels since the installation of the new PrimaNet ERP fully integrated warehouse management system. The system, which required an investment of more than £200,000 is now fully up and running and has already delivered significant improvements across many …

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Christmas knits bring corporate cheer

UK knitwear manufacturers, Jack Masters, are seeing great interest and demand for corporate Christmas jumpers. They offer up to 24 designs in either acrylic or cotton acrylic yarns covering a variety of festive subjects. There is also a variety of bespoke options, with minimum order quantities and lead times on …

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Global connectivity and growing your business

By Natchi Lazarus Digital Marketing Manager DecoNetwork The State of The Internet report recently published by Akamai for Q1 of 2014, states that the average internet connection speed around the world is increasing steadily and is currently at 3.9 Mbps. The reports says, “Globally, the average connection speed was up …

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