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This Week’s Top Headlines – June 5, 2023

Curated Content from Around the Industry

Increase Output and Capabilities with A Bigger Press

“I knew the time had come to either close the shop or invest in bigger equipment.”

Keeping Up on Business Casual Apparel Trends

While scratchy, stiff styles are out, business casual apparel is still in existence — it just feels different. The better question is, do you offer these new styles to your customers looking for comfortable, stylish, professional branded gear?

Naomi Osaka Partners with Meta for Digital Apparel Line

Four-time Grand Slam tennis champion Naomi Osaka is partnering with Meta for a new, digital-only apparel line she designed for the Meta Avatars Store.

Chip Shortage Repercussions Continue

Due to a continuing chip shortage, Epson UltraChrome HD and HDX ink cartridges of all sizes will transition to a different design with new part numbers starting June 1, 2023.

VIDEO: Preparing Vector T-Shirt Graphics for Direct-to-Film (DTF) and Hybrid Digital Transfers

The steps are the same in most vector graphics programs including CorelDRAW, Adobe Illustrator, Affinity Designer, and Inkscape.

The Hottest Golf Fashion Trends to Sell Now

Golf fashion has come a long way from traditional staid polo shirts and khakis.

Next Level Apparel Introduces New Vintage T-Shirt Collection

Next Level Apparel premiered a new product line that promises a perfect fit for those who wear it and is also good for the environment.

Tajima DG16 Integrates Coloreel Tools for Efficient Design Creation

Tajima Software Solutions Inc. is the first to incorporate the Coloreel coloring system. This integration now makes it easy to assign any Coloreel color and effect directly in the design creation workflow.