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from the show director ImprInted sportswear shows 2014 Iss Long Beach January 17-19 i Recapping a Successful Year t has been a great year to be a part of the decorated apparel industry, and we saw evidence of that firsthand as we traveled from coast to coast with our Imprinted Sportswear Shows (ISS) events. We kicked off the year once again with the largest trade show in our market, ISS Long Beach. We typically use this show as a barometer of the year to come for our community, and 2013 held true, as ISS Long Beach was our largest event in five years. Business was booming, as numerous exhibitors exclaimed, “This is like an ISS Show from the 1980s.” The train kept rolling to ISS Atlantic City, where we narrowly avoided high winds and a snow storm on the event’s opening day. Despite the bad weather, decorators from throughout the northeast made their way to the Atlantic City Convention Center for a successful three days. ISS Orlando brought much-needed better weather in sunny Florida, where we had another great turnout and a larger event than in 2012. ISS Las Vegas was a success in its second year in conjunction with ASD and had almost 5,000 buyers in attendance. We ended the year with ISS Fort Worth, where we staged our largest event in Texas in five years, thanks to one of the largest decorated apparel markets in the United States. Overall, 2013 has been a great year for all of us, and we would like to thank everyone who either attended or exhibited at our events. For those of you who were not able to make it to a show this year, we would love to have you come by any of our 2014 events. Here are a few more highlights from this past year: • More than 34,000 industry professionals either attended or exhibited with ISS in 2013 • A comprehensive conference program containing new seminars and workshops throughout each of our shows • The launch of Master Decorator Series, where attendees attend four of the six Master Decorator seminars designed for established decorators or entrepreneurs looking for new ways to build their businesses • The winners of the 2012 Impressions Awards competition, which were on display at the Impressions booth throughout the year From the entire ISS and Impressions staff, thank you again for attending and supporting all of our events. Because of you, 2013 definitely has been a success. Iss atlantic City March 14-16 Iss orlando April 3-5 Iss Las Vegas Aug. 3-5 Editorial Office 1145 Sanctuary Parkway, Suite 355, Alpharetta, GA 30009 (770) 569-1540, (800) 241-9034; Fax: (770) 569-5105 saLes group show director JeFF brown | (770) 291-5416 jeff.brown@emeraldexpo.com senior Account executive erin ciAnciolo | (770) 291-5486 erin.cianciolo@emeraldexpo.com Account executive SArAh MAllett | (770) 291-5418 sarah.mallett@emeraldexpo.com operatIons operAtions mAnAger ekitA ShAw | (770) 291-5506 ekita.shaw@emeraldexpo.com ConferenCe conference mAnAger lAurA cASkey | (770) 291-5590 laura.caskey@emeraldexpo.com marKetInG mArKeting mAnAger Anne eSteS | (770) 291-5423 anne.estes@emeraldexpo.com ceo DAviD loechner senior vice president, business development DArrell Denny vice president, finAnce DeniSe bASheM vice president, operAtions lori JenkS vice president, digitAl tereSA reilly Jeff Brown ISS SHOW DIRECTOR 6 Impressions | October/November 2013 vice president, mAnufActuring & mArKeting services JoAnne wheAtley impressionsmag.com http://www.impressionsmag.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Impressions - October/November 2013

Impressions - October/November 2013
Contents
First Impressions
From the Show Director
FYI
Product Gallery
ISS Conferences
Allover Printing: It's All Over America
The Digital Direction
Peak Performance
Tracking Trends is Key to Business Survival
Shop Spotlight
Shop Spotlight
Embroidery Design & Digitizing
Embroidery Technique
Screen Printing Production
Screen Printing Technique
Online Directory
Digital Decorating
Classifieds
Ad Index

Impressions - October/November 2013