The Long Beach Impressions Expo was another exciting tradeshow this year with numerous exciting technologies and innovations taking shape in apparel decoration and printing. We were lucky enough to walk around the show floor and see some of these developments...
Industry Insights
Inktavo Expands Global Reach with Clarity Software Acquisition
Austin, TX, July 10th, 2024 – Inktavo, a leading provider of integrated software solutions for branded merchandise businesses, announces the acquisition of Clarity Software. Clarity Software is a Management Information System (MIS) software vendor specializing in job...
Kicking Off the Year Strong: Impressions Expo Long Beach 2024
Impressions Expo Long Beach is the high watermark for our industry for a few reasons. It kicks off the start of the year, and along with lots of exciting equipment demos and education, it’s often the spot where many industry players make significant announcements....
Fraudulent Orders: Common Scams and Fraud in the Print Industry
If the Order Looks Too Good to Be True - It Might Be! Watch Out for This “Easy Money” Scam (& Other Types of Payment Fraud) Have you ever received an email from a potential customer looking to place an order for hundreds, or even thousands of blank garments? Seems...
So What Is “Inktavo” Anyway?
We’ll cut to the chase: last year, Printavo, InkSoft, and GraphicsFlow joined forces to create Inktavo. Inktavo is a new family of software solutions to help print shops, promotional product distributors, and branded merchandise businesses succeed. Look for this...
8 Best Software to Run A Successful Embroidery Business
Embroidery management software is how embroidery businesses grow their sales, increase their productivity, and deliver products faster to customers. Embroidery design software is how embroidery businesses digitize, customize, organize and create the complex files...
The Best Screen Printing Pricing Strategy? Using Contribution Margin
In 2018, when I started at Printavo, Steven and Bruce and I sat down and tried to develop a screen printing pricing matrix that any shop could use. The theory was simple. We know the calculation that shops make to get to their prices, so let’s link it back to to their...
The 4 Best Blank Wholesale T-Shirt Companies for Printing
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...
Printavo’s 2020 Screen Printing Industry Survey | Results & Analysis
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...
What Software Do I Need For Screen Printing?
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...
Live Screen Printing: What’s Next? | Featuring Family Industries
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...
The Story Behind SanMar | Wholesale Apparel for the World | President Jeremy Lott Interviewed
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...
