Who Signs What Before 500 Polos Get Made

The answer, before anything else Most company apparel problems were approved in writing by the buyer. A vendor builds what was signed off, which makes the approval the real work,...

Your Apparel Date Is Inside the Lead Time. Here Is What Compresses

The date is the one thing on this order that has no give in it. Color reach, decoration method, quantity, placement and the garment all have plenty, and the sequence...

Questions to Ask a Company Apparel Vendor

A vendor volunteers fabric weight, a mockup round, the setup fee and the reprint policy before you have finished describing the event. A vendor waits to be asked which lead...

Why No Stock Polo Comes in Your Brand Color

There is no such thing as your brand color in a garment catalog. What exists is a dye recipe, a thread library and a stock palette somebody else committed to...

Adding a Cold Weather Layer to a Company Polo Program

What the person does in the layer all day is what picks the layer, not what photographs best on a catalog page. That one rule settles the argument before the...

Company Polos: Decorate Stock or Build Custom

If your date is inside six weeks and a catalog color already reads close enough to your brand, then you are decorating a stock polo and the decision is already...

The Logo File Your Embroiderer Actually Needs

Send the vector. An .AI, .EPS, .PDF or .SVG of your logo, with the type outlined and the brand colors named, is the file that lets an embroidery order start...

Embroidery or Print on Company Polos: How to Pick a Decoration Method

PILLAR / Corporate Programs Embroidery is the right call for most company polos. Thread on a smooth knit reads as a uniform instead of a giveaway, it outlives the wash...