by Matt DeLaere, Marketing Depending on your religious beliefs and how much you read fun facts in the paper, you might already know that this year the first day of Hanukkah falls on Thanksgiving in the United States. Hanukkah begins…
Don’t Box In Your Designs
by Matt DeLaere, Marketing Stop heat printing inside the box. Everyone likes to “think outside the box,” but nobody likes to heat print inside the box. I mean, of course, that pesky box that sometimes appears around a design on…
A Trick Up the NBA’s Sleeves
by Matt DeLaere, Marketing [Image from http://www.nba/com] Last week the NBA unveiled new special event jerseys for the 10 teams playing on Christmas day. Breaking with the traditional tank top style associated with basketball, these BIG Logo jerseys (as the…
Save Even More Time with Custom Cut Fashion-FILM
If you order any custom cut designs made from Stahls’ CAD-CUT® Fashion-FILM® heat transfer material, you’re about to save some time. Newly enhanced Fashion-FILM now applies in just 15 seconds and peels hot, saving you application time and the wait…
The Most Wonderful Personalized Gifts
by Matt DeLaere, Marketing It’s almost December, and that means it’s the most wonderful time of the year. Or, if you prefer, the hap-happiest season of all. And, as the song says, There’ll be letters for hoodies And designs for…
Horseshoes, Hand Grenades… Now Close Counts in Heat Printing, Too!
by Matt DeLaere, Marketing As the old saying goes, “Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.” The originator of this phrase clearly never ran a heat printing operation. Between blank garments, heat transfer material designs, accessories, and finished products,…
Chicago’s Kane Leads NHL Jersey Sales
by Matt DeLaere, Marketing The NHL® season is now a month old, and jersey sales statistics are in for the month of October. Jersey sales on NHL.com were led by Chicago Blackhawks forward (and defending Stanley Cup champion) Patrick Kane,…
A Day of Remembrance of Veterans
“At the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month” of 1918, fighting ceased between the Allied nations and Germany, effectively ending World War I. In 1919, US President Woodrow Wilson and English King George V each issued…
Historical Hockey Jerseys – But Not the Way You’re Thinking
by Matt DeLaere, Marketing (Click image to enlarge) [Images from http://fansided.com] Four score and seven years ago we highlighted the outside-the-box thinking behind the Bakersfield Condors’ new jerseys. Ok, it wasn’t that long ago, but the minor league hockey team…