Plans are well under way for Printwear & Promotion LIVE! 2011. And with more than 70% of the stands already booked for next year’s show, potential exhibitors are being encouraged to contact Exhibitions Manager, Richard Smith, to reserve their space…

BTC activewear have launched a promotion to ensure that every one of their customers know their Account Manager and, in typical BTC style, this has been done in a fun and eye-catching way using caricatures of each of the 30+ sales team. As Joint MD Glenn Hyams said: “We were the first to employ business development managers to be out-and-about visiting customers and helping them to grow their businesses. We now have a UK-wide team of 8 BDMs supported by 21 account managers working out of our four regional sales offices.

Our regular review of what's new on the machinery front takes a look at direct to garment printing and, surprisingly, label printing.

Editor, Debbie Eales, meets RANKS' managing director, Atul Lakhani, following his company's successful outing at this year's Printwear & Promotion LIVE!

A promotional bags company says people must keep a sense of perspective after claims in the Daily Mail on July 1, that reusable bags have increased the incidents of salmonella, writes Debbie Eales. The newspaper report, headed: “Beware the deadly toxins in your eco shopping bag”, claims that reusable shopping bags can harbour deadly bugs that could threaten public health.

Vintage styles are all the rage on the high street and at the fashionable end of the promotional clothing market. And now yesterday’s favourites are setting the agenda for trendy imprintable bags, too. BagBase – ‘Europe’s most colourful bag brand’ – is at the forefront of the retro revival in promo. 

Graeme Turner of The Transfer Press champions what has often been looked upon as the Cinderella of the garment decoration industry – transfer printing...

BTC activewear will be exclusively selling new clothing brand SG from July 5th. The brand’s UK launch follows the merger with BTC activewear by Falk&Ross in March.