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Garmeo Finds Customers for Embroiderers

Garmeo enables customers to create or upload custom
designs and routes the order to the nearest embroiderer.

GARMEO, Miami, will launch a new decorated-apparel service
platform this month that will find customers for embroidery
business owners free of cost.
Th e brainchild of Miami-based Ricoma's Chief Operating
Officer Henry Ma, Garmeo enables customers to create or upload
custom designs using the platform's design-it-yourself editor. Once
an order is placed, Garmeo's algorithm routes the order to the
nearest embroidery vendor based on capability, availability and
stock. Ma is founder and CEO of Garmeo, which will function
as a separate company from Ricoma.
Ma says he was inspired to create Garmeo after noticing that
technology and processes used to produce customer orders has
remained largely stagnant. "Embroiderers fulfilling these orders are
still very much fragmented and the consumer shopping experience
is weighed down by email exchanges, text messages and phone
calls to confirm specifications and get quotes," he says. "All of
these trends culminate into the creation of the Garmeo platform
to better facilitate the supply and demand of customized apparel,
providing more business for the vendors while enhancing the
experience for the consumers."

Garmeo provides a vendor portal allowing a number of capabilities
for embroiderers, including: accepting incoming orders, thus
letting them focus on fulfillment; quoting and invoicing; inventory
management and logistics; shipping-label generation; accounting;
order-status notifi cation for customers; sending samples for
customer confirmation and approval; and more.
The platform includes no minimum-order restrictions, and
customers can submit blank garments for embroidery. Ma says
that in the event of a complaint or other issue, Garmeo will act
as mediator and expedite a resolution. "Our goal is to ensure
a diff erent and more pleasant fulfi llment experience for the
consumer," he says.
The platform will officially launch Jan. 18 at the Imprinted
Sportswear Shows (ISS) event in Long Beach, California
Embroidery business owners can apply to become a vendor at
booth 636, where Garmeo representatives will be demonstrating
the site's functionality. Otherwise, decorators can go through
an online application process and a followup offline screening
process to vet applicants' equipment setup, output quality and
scale to ensure they can fulfill certain order types and quantities.
For more information, visit garmeo.com. - J.L.

RAMCO LAUNCHES ONLINE SUBLIMATOR
RAMCO APPAREL, Concord, North Carolina, now offers an
easy-to-use online sublimator. ¶ It features realistic
3-D modeling of the garments and has unique features,
such as the ability to scale logos, names and numbers
and to move them freely around the garment. ¶ For more
information, visit sublimation-ramcoapparel.com. - D.S.
P.12

I M P R E S S I O N S M A G . C O M JANUARY 2019

Ramco's online sublimator includes 3-D modeling
of garments, among other features.


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Impressions - January 2019

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Impressions - January 2019
Contents
First Impressions
From the Show Director
Overheard
First Look
Scene at ISS
Impressions Awards Winners
Tee Talk in 2019
Double Take, Double Exposure
Shop Talk
Embroidery Production
Screen Printing Production
Sublimation
Ad Index/Classifieds
On Design
Impressions - January 2019 - Intro
Impressions - January 2019 - CT1
Impressions - January 2019 - CT2
Impressions - January 2019 - Impressions - January 2019
Impressions - January 2019 - Cover2
Impressions - January 2019 - 1
Impressions - January 2019 - Contents
Impressions - January 2019 - 3
Impressions - January 2019 - 4
Impressions - January 2019 - 5
Impressions - January 2019 - First Impressions
Impressions - January 2019 - 7
Impressions - January 2019 - From the Show Director
Impressions - January 2019 - 9
Impressions - January 2019 - 10
Impressions - January 2019 - 11
Impressions - January 2019 - Overheard
Impressions - January 2019 - 13
Impressions - January 2019 - 14
Impressions - January 2019 - 15
Impressions - January 2019 - First Look
Impressions - January 2019 - 17
Impressions - January 2019 - 18
Impressions - January 2019 - 19
Impressions - January 2019 - Scene at ISS
Impressions - January 2019 - 21
Impressions - January 2019 - Impressions Awards Winners
Impressions - January 2019 - 23
Impressions - January 2019 - 24
Impressions - January 2019 - 25
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Impressions - January 2019 - 27
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Impressions - January 2019 - 31
Impressions - January 2019 - 32
Impressions - January 2019 - 33
Impressions - January 2019 - Tee Talk in 2019
Impressions - January 2019 - 35
Impressions - January 2019 - 36
Impressions - January 2019 - 37
Impressions - January 2019 - Double Take, Double Exposure
Impressions - January 2019 - 39
Impressions - January 2019 - 40
Impressions - January 2019 - 41
Impressions - January 2019 - Shop Talk
Impressions - January 2019 - 43
Impressions - January 2019 - Embroidery Production
Impressions - January 2019 - 45
Impressions - January 2019 - 46
Impressions - January 2019 - Screen Printing Production
Impressions - January 2019 - 48
Impressions - January 2019 - 49
Impressions - January 2019 - 50
Impressions - January 2019 - Sublimation
Impressions - January 2019 - 52
Impressions - January 2019 - 53
Impressions - January 2019 - 54
Impressions - January 2019 - Ad Index/Classifieds
Impressions - January 2019 - On Design
Impressions - January 2019 - Cover3
Impressions - January 2019 - Cover4
Impressions - January 2019 - ISS1
Impressions - January 2019 - ISS2
Impressions - January 2019 - ISS3
Impressions - January 2019 - ISS4
Impressions - January 2019 - ISS5
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