Industry Advice

According to Richard Falconer, COO at e-commerce expert Optiseller, there are five new e-commerce trends that will affect all online sellers in 2022. It doesn’t matter what platform or marketplace you sell on, these trends can and will affect every aspect of selling online in the year ahead. In the …

Adam Wyles, head of digital and transfer technology at Amaya Sales UK, explains how you can create just one design and use it for multiple applications. If there is one thing the past 18 months has taught us is that flexibility within a business is the key to survival. Everyone …

One of the great things about sublimation is that it can be applied to so many different products, which means an abundance of creativity on your end. From personalisation to trendy apparel products, sublimation can play a major role. Jimmy Lamb, Sawgrass’ education manager, reports. In the apparel world, sublimation …

In this month’s Embroidery Column, Natalie Greetham, marketing manager at Madeira UK, takes a look at the similarities and differences between rayon and polyester threads. The two most common types of thread for industrial embroidery are made from either rayon viscose or polyester and most embroiderers will have a favourite …

Phil McMullin, Pro Graphics sales manager, Epson (UK), explains why this year is set to be the year of growth for DTG printers. Are you considering ways to refresh your service offering or develop broader application possibilities? Perhaps you are exploring new production horizons? Whatever your business objectives in 2022, …

In this month’s Dye Sub Column, Jimmy Lamb, Sawgrass’ education manager, explains how you can become a mug-master. It wasn’t too long ago, when the mug choices for sublimation were pretty limited. But in recent years, the variety of mugs has exploded. Different sizes, shapes, colours abound. That’s the good …

Encarna Luque, senior product manager for inks and business development in textile and decoration for Roland DG EMEA, outlines the advantages and opportunities of direct to garment printing. The first direct to garment (DTG) printer was aptly named Revolution. Created in the 1990s and patented in 2000, the entry of …

Amaya Sales UK’s managing director, Peter Wright, outlines how you can make easy work of embroidery framing, even in those difficult places. Framing up garments to be embroidered is a technique that must be mastered when being trained to operate an industrial embroidery machine. Good, accurate framing will give you …

Encarna Luque, product manager, textile & inks, Roland DG EMEA, outlines how you can grow your business by diversifying into personalised products. In Smithers’ 2018 report The Future of Dye-Sublimation Printing to 2023, it was suggested that the consumer demand for personalised items was far from satiated. The personalisation market has remained …

In this month’s embroidery column, Natalie Greetham, marketing manager at Madeira UK, provides some sound advice for getting your embroidery onto towels right first time. Fabrics with a high pile like towels and bathrobes can be difficult to embroider as the stitches can easily disappear among the loops of the …