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Your customer buying behavior has changed

Your Customer Buying Behavior has Changed

Are you seeing a shift in how your customer's are doing business with you? Yes? No? For many of the business owners that I am talking to every week, there certainly seems to be something going on. Many are highly concerned. Anxiety…
Shop Improvement Series: Speed - Pedal to the Metal

Shop Improvement Series: Speed - Pedal to the Metal

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…
Shirt Lab Tribe Become a Founding Member

Shirt Lab Tribe: Become a Founding Member

This past week proved to be a significant one for Shirt Lab. We had 2,646 people from around the world participate in our first online event, the Shirt Lab Summit. Hopefully you were part of that group. If you were, thank you very much…
The Iron Grip Fallacy

The Iron Grip Fallacy

This article is about two things: management and leadership. Regardless of the number of people working in your shop, there is one truism you need to keep in the back of your mind, and that is that your company doesn't work without the staff…
Baton Passing for Apparel Decorators

Baton Passing for Apparel Decorators

In the sport of track and field, there are a few types of relay races. All at different distances. You may have seen those before on the Olympics or maybe even at your local high school. Concrete-feet enabled kids like me didn't participate.…
Information Drinking From The Firehose

Information: Drinking From The Firehose

Information overload! In the modern 24/7/365 warp speed of the decorated apparel industry, it may sometimes feel like you are drinking from a firehose when it comes to finding and utilizing information. There is simply too much to process. So…