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Buying wholesale t-shirts is not an easy task. There are dozens of websites that claim to sell wholesale t-shirts, but only a few are the real deal. Even worse, if you search "wholesale t-shirts," you'll find dozens of misleading articles with long lists of...
Take the 2021 survey here. 2020 was a transformative year for the custom printing industry. We received responses on our industry survey from 119 print shops. They vary in size and experience from large and profitable shops to fledgling startups. We asked just 5...
Screen printing isn't just pulling a squeegee and dragging ink across a screen. There's a lot of software involved with making great screen prints. What works to help one shop print shirts might not work for another. But if you look at the forums and groups that...
Family Industries hosted hundreds of live printing events every year. But that's over – for now. The Family team isn't stopping, so what's next for live printing? Companies are still desperate to hold some kind of event! Family's Max Hellmann joins us to discuss...
Join SanMar President Jeremy Lott on this episode of the PrintHustlers podcast for a fascinating look at one of the apparel industry's largest and most important companies. Jeremy manages more than 4,000 employees at his family’s company – but he...
Allmade Apparel has joined forces with SanMar to distribute ethically made, ecologically friendly t-shirts across the world. Designed by screen printers with screen printing in mind, Allmade’s tri-blend t-shirt has become one of the industry’s coveted...
In this surprisingly candid interview, Ryan Moor from Ryonet and Allmade tells his wild story about creating, selling, and pivoting his business to sell face masks. Should screen printers sell face masks right now? Ryan answers this question (and many more). Ryonet...
We sit down with Danny Sweem from The M&R Companies for an honest conversation about screen printing, DTG printing, and where the entire textile printing industry is heading for 2020. Located just miles from Printavo's Chicago offices, M&R is a trusted partner...
Jonny Boucher from Hope For The Day has elevated the conversation around mental health. By shifting our discussions from reactive to productive, Johnny believes we can "identify ways to talk about the things we don't want to talk about." Mental health is no easy...
We talk to Dave Quigley from Noreast Apparel in Lowell, MA about screen printing in 2020. The bulk of this interview was filmed in January 2020 at Impressions Expo Long Beach – but it features an intro from April 2020 looking back after the crisis. We ask Dave...
UPDATED: April 21, 2020 The COVID-19 crisis has put a hard stop on commerce as we know it. Sales have fallen tremendously for traditional custom screen printing orders. But there are still opportunities that exist. Many print shops have begun making masks, doing...
Jody Redding from Redding Company in New Braunfels, TX sat down with Bruce from Printavo and Steven Farag from Campus Ink to discuss what it's like when your quickly growing print shop goes from 100 to 0 in just a month. "There's a world before March 1st, 2020 –...
