Industry News
American Apparel is back T
he American Apparel brand is available once again for US consumers with the relaunch of its e-commerce site. The site started taking orders on August 7 and focuses on the core styles that made American Apparel the go-to brand for fashion basics. Three new catalogue sections cater to all types of consumers: the Basics Shop highlights Gildan and American Apparelʼs core compatibility, allowing consumers to find high- quality basics at great value; the Icons Shop makes it easy for loyal American Apparel consumers to shop the iconic styles that defined the American Apparel brand and the Made in USA Shop allows consumers to buy US made products at classic price points.
Currently available to US consumers only, the new
website offers a sleek, mobile-friendly design with enhanced features. As a first phase of this website, consumers will easily be able to find their favourite styles and can look forward to many enhancements in the coming months. Finally, the new website reinforces American Apparelʼs ethical approach through
Prism Inks acquires Graphics One
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n July 5, AD International, a division of Prism Ink, acquired Graphics One. Prism Inks and Graphics One have had an ongoing distribution relationship for many years. As part of the acquisition, Graphics One will become the global distribution arm for the wide array of digital inks produced by the various Prism Ink companies. Amir Ajanee, CEO and president of Prism, said: “Prism Inks has experienced tremendous growth with OEM printer manufacturers over the past 10 years.
“The acquisition of Graphics One allows us to leverage this growth into other digital imaging markets through both our traditional channels and through the extensive network of Graphics One. We are excited to add Graphics One to the Prism Inksʼ family.”
Dan Barefoot, president of Graphics One, added: “We are pleased to become part of the Prism Inksʼ family. We have distributed products from Prism since the start of Graphics One and have had a very successful relationship. “Many people are not aware that Prism is the largest independent digital ink company in the Americas and have the widest array of digital ink products. Being able to offer world class products through our distribution network will be highly beneficial to both Prismʼs and Graphics Oneʼs customers.”
Graphics One will become an operating division of Prism Inks and will continue to distribute its current line-up of products.
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Sweatshop Free Stories; short videos that continue American Apparelʼs tradition of transparency where
consumers will learn about the people making the clothes. These snapshots into employeesʼ lives, will educate consumers about the impacts American Apparel has created in the regions where it operates.
Dave Roper to hold
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Winter Open House
n Thursday, November 30 and Friday, December 1, Dave Roper will hold its Winter Open House.
The team will be on hand from 9am to 7pm on Thursday and 9am to 5pm on Friday to answer any questions and solve any problems.
This will also be the perfect opportunity to meet the latest member of the team, Nick Walker. Mr Walker recently joined Dave Roper in sales and technical support. If you would like get one-to- one advice from the team then booking an appointment slot is essential.
Dave Roper is located in Kidderminster, West Midlands.
● For more information email
sales@daveroper.co.uk
CADlinkʼs Digital Factory OKI TT Edition now supports the OKI 8432WT toner printer
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ADlink Technology has extended its OKI toner printer support to include the latest release into the transfer media customisation market, the OKI 8432WT printer. CADlinkʼs specially designed Digital Factory OKI TT Edition was released earlier in 2017 and also supports the OKI Pro 7411WT and the OKI Pro 9420WT. Michael Chramtchenko, CADlink
Technology director of marketing, said: “Digital Factory OKI TT Edition provides a great deal of workflow advantages over print driver solutions and other RIP software options.
“But where the value really exists is in the automated handling of white toner usage when printing on
OKI 8432WT
dark substrates. Not only does it simplify the process a great deal, but it also reduces toner costs and improves the look and feel of transferred graphics.” Digital Factory OKI TT Edition comes complete with professionally created colour profiles for widely used transfer media as well as providing advanced colour management options ensuring the most vibrant colour prints every time.
The software also provides streamlined, flexible production workflow support by including production plug-ins for image preparation as well as plug-ins that send jobs directly from design applications as well as supporting every commonly used file format including .pdf.
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