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Design trends for 2020

The team at Designhill, a custom graphic design crowdsourcing marketplace, have pulled together what they believe will be the leading T shirt design trends in 2020. T shirts have proved their worth when it comes to marketing a campaign or a business. With a perfect T shirt design you can …

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Activewear trends in 2020

Global fashion search platform Lyst has outlined the top activewear trends for 2020. Here we take a look at these trends. There are several key trends that Lyst has highlighted as being big in 2020. This is the result of comparing more than 104 million shoppers across 12,000 fashion brands. …

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It’s time to layer up

Just Polos by AWDis’ product manager, Sharon Crossan, discusses every element of the polo shirt, and provides a guide to layering this classic garment from season to season. The polo shirt is a timeless, adaptable garment for every wardrobe.  This unique shirt presents endless style possibilities combinations to take advantage …

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A classic garment

The worldwide market for polo shirts is expected to grow roughly 2.5% over the next five years to $5710 million in 2024. Here Gemma Puffer, marketing director at GFORCE Sportswear, gives her view on this printwear favourite. The polo shirt is such a classic garment. It’s multi-purpose, versatile and smart …

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Behind the scenes with Disley

We go behind the scenes of Disley’s recent photo shoot with Lucy Woodward, marketing and development manager. Here she spills all about the new direction and look of Disley in 2020. Our main aim with the 2020 Look Book was to take the brand redevelopment and restructure work started in …

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Choosing the right textile ink for the right application

Chris Bailey, managing director of QPS, distributor of DuPont Artistri inks, discusses which inks are ideal to use for which application. QPS always responds to market demand. In April 2019, following numerous requests for textile inks – other than dye sublimation – for more specific applications, we expanded our product …

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Wilcom announces a brand new product, and it’s not software!

Wilcom International, renowned for its embroidery software, has released a product that is this time hardware. Chief product officer, Brenden Prazner tells P&P editor, Melanie Attlesey, all about this exiciting release by answering a few questions. Q. I was interested to hear about this new hardware product. Can you tell …

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Upsell and decorate

Here Mark Dix, sales director of The Outdoors Company, provides some helpful advice on upselling and decorating bags and rucksacks. Q. Explain how a garment decorator can upsell to customers using bags and accessories. A. The trusty backpack is a natural companion to the outdoor jacket or cosy fleece. If …

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The future of e-commerce in 2020 and beyond

E-commerce has come a long way since its inception several decades ago, here is a closer look at what the future of e-commerce is in 2020 and beyond. The first e-commerce transaction took place 25 years ago and now its future looks set to thrive and grow, with the best …

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25 years and still counting

2020 marks a special year for the team at YES Ltd, for they will be celebrating a quarter of a century of serving the embroidery, and more recently, the print industry. Here Roy Burton, CEO, shares his memories and what he is most looking forward to in the future. In …

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