Take a look at the photo below and see if you can figure out what is wrong with this shirt. One of our newer customers in the Seattle-Tacoma area ordered a small run of embroidered polos. They had been ordering these shirts for years from the logo wear vendor that preceded us. We dutifully ordered the shirts from our …
Company Logo Wear in Corporate Branding — the IBM Example
Branding one’s company involves a number of decisions from logo design and development of graphic standards to setting the corporate culture and tone of customer service. The ultimate goal is to make a brand resonate well in the mind of the consumer. But what happens when it’s time to send the customer-facing representatives out into the streets? Smart marketeers are …
The Top 4 Indicators of Poor Quality Sport Shirts You Need to Know before You Buy Embroidered Polos
There is inexpensive and then there is cheap. While inexpensive embroidered polos can lower your costs and make you a corporate branding hero, cheap embroidered shirts can actually raise your costs and lower your revenue! If you don’t believe that, consider: when was the last time you dressed in your cheapest clothes for a job interview? You have never done …
How to factor price when choosing embroidered polos or sport shirts
Perhaps nowhere else in the world of garments is the quality of manufacturing more apparent than with embroidered polos. Sport shirts are all designed to look good on the rack when you buy them. The key question for you, the client, is: “When are my clients going to see the shirts?” Unless you’re buying for a grand opening, your clients …
Custom Sports Team Uniforms – Track and Field
After having outfitted a number of baseball teams with team uniforms, we were delighted to have been chosen to outfit a Tacoma school’s track and field team. We are offering screen printed t-shirts, screen printed sweatshirts (hoodies), screen printed sweatpants, hats, sports bags, etc. We also are offering to the team’s booster club embroidered hats, embroidered stadium seats, and embroidered …
How logo embroidery shops differentiate themselves, Part 1
For many who set off in search of embroidered shirts, jackets, or caps, price is the single most important factor in determining which embroidery shop to use. If you go looking for “really cheap embroidery,” you’re not only going to find it, but you’re also going to regret it. As an example, we have a client with 14 different thread …
Baseball team uniforms and booster club apparel
We just took a call from a baseball team coach in Bonney Lake WA inquiring whether we could do team uniforms. Yes, we can. We offer team uniforms for both recreational and select teams. Recreational teams are often outfitted with some screen printed t-shirts and some embroidered caps. Our select team uniforms usually come from Teamwork Athletic Apparel; however, we …
Why custom embroidered hats and screen printed shirts cost more this year
Like the pricing for many commodities, including gold and oil, the price for cotton is at record high levels. Real pricing for cotton has approached levels not seen since the U.S. Civil War. This is impacting pricing from farm to loom, from loom to wholesaler, from wholesaler to retailer, and from retailer to consumer. So if you are wondering why …
Embroidered logos on moisture-wicking or dri-mesh shirts
Something to consider when buying custom embroidered shirts is whether the fabric is a good match for your organization’s embroidered logo. Usually this is not an issue. However, some embroidered logos with very dense stitch patterns will cause puckering around the logo on some fabrics. For example, if you like the 100% polyester dri-mesh moisture-wicking sorts of fabrics and your …
Embroidered Work Jackets and Work Shirts
Yes, we offer embroidered work jackets, even the heavy duty types. We had a customer in Tacoma ask us for embroidered jackets from Carhartt and embroidered shirts made by Riggs. They thought they needed to go to a local workwear shop and then bring the items to us. We demonstrated to them that we could save them money by letting …