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The Outdoors Company climbs to new heights with bigger premises
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t the beginning of the year, The Outdoors Company expanded it operations and moved into a bigger premises in Congleton.
The distributorʼs former premises in Sandbach was home for the last five years, but by 2017 space was getting tight. The companyʼc co-founders Mark Dix and Paul Morley-Smith decided it was time to move to enable growth plans to be achieved.
The new premises offers The Outdoors Company more space and better facilities, along with a new showroom which showcases the full range of clothing, accessories and equipment. A dedicated boardroom space now enables The Outdoors Company to invite its brand partners over to view and discuss a wider range of products, for corporatewear and workwear options, from their retail lines.
The Outdoors Company is also currently expanding its sales team, which will allow the distributor to provide more products to B2B customers in the UK and further afield. With a larger, stronger team, combined with a complete new integrated ordering/ invoicing system, The Outdoors Company is able to offer even better choice and levels of customer service.
PF Concept introduces new Superheroes line of products
T he new
Superheroes product range
from PF Concept certainly lives up to its name, by offering a quick and easy way to order a branded T shirt and cap without any hassle or delay. The Elevate short sleeve unisex T shirt Heros (38028) and the Bullet cap Feniks (38666) deliver a brilliant performance with the right price, high stock levels in matching colours,
colours, and the T shirt in an additional eight colours. From
classic white, black, red and navy to trendy pink, orange and apple green to striking yellow. In the size range 2XS to 3XL, all 20 colours are
available. For the sizes 4XL and 5XL, the T shirt is
The launch date of the Superheroes range is April 1
and if desired a super fast decoration in two days for up to 250 pieces. PF Conceptʼs warehouse, production and decoration centre in Poland – PF Logo Express – uses customised machines to produce the Superheroes. These were developed by a supplier in co-operation with the in-house PFLE engineering team, both with a lot of know-how and a high level of expertise in this field. The Superheroes are made of 100% cotton and one can choose between many individual options that satisfy every taste. Heroes and Feniks are presented in 12 matching
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available in white, red, black and navy. The T shirt is manufactured in Elevate quality with the Elevate
branding only visible on the tear-away label. If desired the garment can therefore appear completely in the customersʼ corporate image. The super fast decoration option within two days applies to the cap with screen print in one colour and digital print in four colours (CMYK). For the T shirt, screen print is available in two colours. Additional decoration options are available with standard delivery times. Depending on the branding position, Heroes and Feniks can be decorated with screen print, embroidery and True Edge transfer printing.
The Outdoors Company team stand proudly outside the new premises in Congleton
Printkick releases new colour matching tool
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rintkick has developed a tool which allows customers to map the closest Pantone of any point on a raster image.
Itʼs a simple three step process which will save time and effort for any distributor who encounters this problem regularly.
While many mid and large size customers have Pantone references included in their vector artwork, smaller scale customers or charities often send basic raster files which then need to be vectorised and converted into Pantone references. This
conversion usually takes place in the artwork
studio, with back and
forth between customer and studio to decide the correct colour.
Customers can visually inspect
matches and choose the closest
The new tool maps the closest Pantone of any point on a raster image
Pantone reference to their input colour. Pantones cannot be replicated on-screen with 100% certainty due to differences in screen settings, however this is a quick and easy method for customers who donʼt have Pantone references to begin with.
www.printwearandpromotion.co.uk
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