This step-by-step guide gives you key strategies to keep your business profitable.
We've got the winners of the first-annual Stitches State of the Industry embroidery contest – we asked readers to get uber-creative as they sewed out our State of the Industry logo. See the top winners in a very high-fashion spread.
Path Your Way to a Cool Cap
Cap digitizing is in a league of its own, so get ready to break all the rules of flat embroidery to create a hat design that will bring in the dollars.
Your most pressing business dilemmas solved
Across the country, home-based shops, retail operations and big contract shops are confident 2010 is going to be a great year. And, all signs are pointing to that economic recovery: Retail spending rose sharply – about 4% – in the January-to-March period, which shows that consumers are spending again. Auto sales were up 24% in March, compared with a year earlier. And, big banks are reporting lifted first-quarter earnings (JPMorgan Chase & Co. at $3.3 billion and Citigroup at $4.4 billion), indicating that financial institutions are starting to put the crisis behind them.