The college apparel market can be a lucrative business for print shops, but it takes skill to navigate the complicated field of licensing approved logos and branding, meeting deadlines, and serving all the different groups affiliated with college merchandise, such as...
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Navigating Changes at 918 Design Company
At 918 Design Company, Leeah Calvert has been on an exciting entrepreneurial journey, which we’ve been lucky to witness. Leeah joined us previously on the Print Hustlers Podcast to share how she grew her Oklahoma-based business and the challenges that came along with...
Four Important Areas to Optimize in Your Shop for Long-Term Growth
For print shops and custom-branded merchandise businesses to succeed, it takes more than offering quality products and services. It’s about efficiency, customer experience, and continuous improvement. Whether you are managing a screen printing company, embroidery...
Print Hustlers Conference 2024: An Inktavo Recap
With another successful Print Hustlers Conference in the bag, we thought we’d take a second to recap our experiences at the event. Printers, educators, and industry professionals converged on Cleveland at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for three days this year. The...
Wee’s Tees: Building a Thriving Business Focused on Quality
“Printavo allows you to focus on day-to-day operations rather than on each job. Whether you’re in charge of art, production, or customer service, you can see where each job is in the production process,” Randy Wee, Wee's Tees. Randy Wee has a long history with...
Print Hustlers Conference 2024: Why You Should Attend
Learn why Don’t Lose Hope (DLH) Screen Printing urges shop owners of all sizes to attend the Print Hustlers Conference 2024 and the valuable tools they’ve taken away for long-term growth. https://youtu.be/wwtFSkusK_c?feature=shared As the year winds down at Inktavo,...
Streamline Payments with Printavo’s Multi-Invoice Payment Request Feature
We’re excited to introduce a new multi-invoice payment request feature to simplify how you do business. This update allows shops to consolidate multiple invoice payments into a single request, saving you and your customers time. This new functionality is particularly...
Making Moves in Portland: Oregon Design Specialist
Building a reputation is crucial to running a successful custom-branded merchandise business. For Oregon Design Specialist, that reputation has been focused on quality and reliable turnarounds since day one. Based in Portland, Oregon, co-owners Leydi and Edgar Meza...
Updates to Printavo’s Payment Management Features: Better Organization and Mobile Optimization
We always strive to enhance the print shop management experience with Printavo, so we’re excited to share our latest update. As part of our larger Multi-Payment Request initiative, we’ve rolled out a few key updates to Printavo Payments Management. These latest...
The Perfect Match: How Compound Sportswear Cornered the Wrestling Team Apparel Market
Sportswear is a popular revenue generator for many print shops, but for Compound Sportswear, finding a niche within that category has been a big part of its success. The company’s roots date to 2011, when owners Stephanie and Cliff Fretwell participated in a...
Inktavo Expands Global Reach with Clarity Software Acquisition
Austin, TX, July 10th, 2024 – Inktavo, a leading provider of integrated software solutions for branded merchandise businesses, announces the acquisition of Clarity Software. Clarity Software is a Management Information System (MIS) software vendor specializing in job...
Beyond Band Shirts: How Midnight Supply Company Serves the Music Merchandising Niche
All photos by Owen Weitzel While many screen printers run shops because they’ve honed their craft and turned it into a business, a whole other subset of business owners enter the industry because of an interest in other worlds tangentially related to it. For...