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Shop Improvement Series: Problem Solving
Apparel Decorators Only
Quick. Name a problem that your business faces today.
I know you have one. Every business does. But what are you doing about them?
For many decorated apparel industry businesses most aren't working on them as they are constantly head…

Shop Improvement Series: Speed - Pedal to the Metal
Apparel Decorators Only
Maverick from the movie Top Gun famously said, "I feel the need for speed."
Now more than ever, this is exactly what your shop needs. Speed.
Speed is a competitive advantage. We live in a fast-food lane, Amazon ships and it arrives the…

Discipline Starts With Me
Apparel Decorators OnlyHow is the level of your discipline when it comes to your work? What about your employees?
The first step in learning to get more accomplished every day is realizing that you are accountable for your own actions.
Don't like what's going…

Inaction: Complications of Newton's Third Law
BusinessNewton's Third Law states: "For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction." You may have learned that in high school science class.
In the decorated apparel industry, we have our own physics law too. Have you heard or seen this? "For…

Accounting Can't Control Customer Experiences
Apparel Decorators OnlyHere's one for you today. Are your customer experiences being controlled by the accounting department?
I don't have a beef with accountants. By large they are lovely people.
But if your customer experience and marketing is controlled by…

Print Flash Print: An Ode to the T-shirt Screenprinter
Apparel Decorators OnlyPrint Flash Print.
A mantra for the one-color hit.
Bold replacing boring
of a blank stock t-shirt.
A delicate effort of force.
Print Flash Print
Daily rituals.
More sales add both security and stress.
For the…