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Friday
April 6, 2012 15 Most Popular Promotional T-Shirts - The CountdownFiled under: Wearables
Keep track of the entire Top-15 promotional T-shirt countdown here, and as an added incentive, we’ve posted a T-shirt contest where you can win a $50 Visa Gift Card:
The entire schedule is as follows:
Wednesday
March 14, 2012 Tip of the Day - 5 Ways to Sell T-ShirtsFiled under: Tip of the Day
What they all have in common, however, is that they just so happen to be one one of the most popular forms of promotional products, second only to the pen, according to the Global Advertising Specialties Impressions Study. T-shirts have mass appeal, and their popularity continues to grow. A recent article by Wearables magazine titled “The Ever-Growing World of T-Shirts” (by Marc Held, sales director at supplier Bodek and Rhodes) discusses just how flexible and adaptable the popular apparel has become, and provides some valuable advice on how to juice up your sales with them. Check this article out now, and in the meantime here are five ideas to sell them. Enjoy!
Wednesday
June 23, 2010 Tip of the Day - Self-Promote With T-ShirtsFiled under: Tip of the Day
Novelty shirts are a great way to show clients who may have stopped spending that you’re still current, fun and capable of appealing to youthful clients who are driving much of the market today. “Customized T-shirts are a great way to get the foot in the door with your clients,” says Bayo Simmons, CEO of All Fashion Services (asi/37166). Consider a self-promotion using novelty T-shirts with an innovative design that integrates your logo and brand colors. Novelty tees are big in summer, and with Labor Day and endless company picnics, outings and events, this is a great time to remind your clients about the quality and creativity of your products. It’s also just in time for back-to-school, and novelty tees are especially popular with the school-age crowd. From WearableStyle, vol. 123
Thursday
June 3, 2010 Tip of the Day - Will T-shirts Ever Die?Filed under: Tip of the Day T-shirts continue to dominate the wearables marketplace. So we pitched a very simple question to the various distributors, decorators and suppliers we talked to: Can you imagine a time when T-shirts won’t be on top? The answer was a unanimous no. Here are some of the responses we received: Hans Kinder, Visage Screen Print (asi/743250): “As long as you can buy a blank T-shirt for two bucks and print it for 29 cents, why would it drop? I mean, you can’t even get a gallon of gas for $2.50 these days.” Adam Wright, Pulse Marketing and Apparel: “The trends will change, the way that T-shirts are cut may change, the fabric may change, the printing will change, the colors will definitely change. But I don’t see America going away from the T-shirt anytime soon.” Cole Lohman, Target Graphics (asi/90549): “Everyone understands T-shirts. It’s a classic promotional item. And to the extent that America is becoming more and more casual, I could see T-shirt popularity and use actually increasing.” Mark Smalley, American Apparel (asi/35297): “You can say so much with a T-shirt and a screen-printed logo. And you can still do it for an inexpensive price.” From Wearables magazine.
Tuesday
August 4, 2009 Sales Dish of the Day: Upsell a T-shirtFiled under: Sales Dish of the Day Danny Tsai, vice president of marketing for Tri-Mountain/Mountain Gear (asi/92125), says the key to upselling T-shirts is to convince clients that plain, basic cotton tees are now widely considered “cheap giveaways” that customers are more likely to dry their car with than wear in public. “We all love basic tees, but sometimes, depending on the setting, whether it’s a corporate retreat or a golf tournament, you need something a bit dressier,” Tsai says. “That’s where performance styles come in, because they’re casual and yet perfectly appropriate and presentable for any event involving activity or the outdoors.” Steve Garst, owner of Proforma Promotion Consultants (asi/300094), says distributors must concentrate on the fact that retail fashion tees are popular with the targeted under-30 demographic. “The 17- to 25-year-olds really like the alternative styles,” he says. “I just think they’re more familiar with the brands, and fashion tees are fit more for their body style.” Comfort is another key to selling the more upscale T-shirts. “The finer-gauge fabrics are selling for us, along with the softer tees,” Garst says. Selling clients on the importance of going green is a winning strategy, too, as bamboo or organic cotton fashion tees are a hit with the younger crowd. “Everyone’s green conscious, and there are a lot of good trends there, too,” Garst says. – Shane Dale – From Counselor’s 2009 State of the Industry |
If I thought good and long about it, I’d really have trouble determining which T-shirt of mine was my all-time favorite. See, there are just so many and are so unique — the simple, comfy 