Weekly Snapshot

Who can step in when a key employee is out? How confident are you in your color? And are you stocking what customers actually want? We’ve got some answers.

Featured Picks

• The Broken Needle: How Can I Help? Pointers on Cross-Training
  • Why we picked it: Mike Turner challenges decorators to identify the positions where cross-training needs to go beyond basic tasks and build genuine independence.
• The Next Competitive Edge for Apparel Decorators? Color Confidence.
  • Why we picked it: Commercial printers have long embraced advanced color management, so why hasn’t apparel decoration followed suit?
• Stock Smarter, Partner Better, Predict What’s Next
  • Why we picked it: Predicting the next popular apparel style is one thing. Having the right inventory available when customers want it is another.

Headlines From Around the Industry

• Pukka Supports Spread the Love Commission
  • Why it matters: Branded products can have a purpose beyond promotion.
• New Business Platform, Zippr, Launches for Decorated Apparel Industry
  • Why it matters: Zippr enters the market with a platform designed to bring several functions together.
• SEDDI Introduces Product Creation API
  • Why it matters: SEDDI’s new API aims to connect product visualization with the information needed to fulfill the order.