May Contents


NEWS: 5 Industry News


Market and industry updates


16 Machinery News The latest pieces of equipment


REGULARS: 31 Finance Focus


With Alex Hall, business growth strategist at Shire Leasing


34 Marketing Advice


With Colin Sinclair McDermott aka The Online Print Coach


50 The DTF Column With Colin Marsh, CEO of Resolute 51 The Dye Sub Column With Anuj Ghaghada, director at Longforte


57 The Embroidery Column With Natalie Greetham, marketing manager of Madeira UK


67 The Screen Print Column With Beppe Quaglia, CEO and president of Virus Inks


70 P&P Online The latest happenings online The team ACTING EDITOR: Benjamin Austin, baustin@datateam.co.uk


MANAGING EDITOR (MATERNITY LEAVE): Melanie Attlesey, mattlesey@datateam.co.uk DIVISIONAL DIRECTOR:


Tony Gardner, tgardner@datateam.co.uk


ADVERTISING SALES MANAGER: Daniel Gardner, dgardner@datateam.co.uk PRODUCTION:


Tania King, tking@datateam.co.uk FEATURES:


20 Focus on Womenswear Helping out the female fashionistas 36 Decorator Profi le


Acting editor, Benjamin Austin, speaks with Eric Manegold about how one of the oldest bars in Seattle is turning a profi t with in-house screen printing


38 Special Report


Acting editor, Benjamin Austin, takes Reconomy’s latest fi ndings to highlight issues garment decorators may face when pushing for a completely circular industry


40 Focus on DTF Printing See the latest kits and accessories


52 FESPA Preview


A Q&A with Duncan MacOwen, head of marketing and events at FESPA, about the show and the new section Textile


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54 Focus on DTG Printing With so much out there, see what is being pushed most in the industry


58 Focus on Team Sportswear Compete against the best with these options


64 Focus on Health & Beauty Looking after those who look after you


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