FOR THOSE OF YOU who have stopped the Screen Printing editorial team at various tradeshows and events to say “I love reading the articles about screen shops on fire,” well, you’re not alone. Crime stories related to the screen printing industry make up the majority of our top-viewed web pages from the last year. From T-shirt scams to lawsuits, these hot topics are grabbing your attention. Check out the most-clicked content from screenprintingmag.com.
Perpetrators are impersonating a representative of a local police or fire department and messaging potential victims with an offer for a discounted T-shirt that uses the department’s logo. Reports of these scams appear most often in the southeastern part of the country, from North Carolina down to Florida.
The layoffs at Little Raymond’s Print Shop in Indianapolis were due to “unforeseen business circumstances.”
Building inspectors found people charging for admission to an illegal party featuring dancers, alcohol, and hookahs.
Campus Ink seized upon the NCAA’s implementation of a name, image, and likeness (NIL) policy – which allows college athletes to monetize and use their NIL for promotional purposes – by building a platform that helps athletes earn money through jersey and custom apparel sales.
Family Industries compares the two inks and gives advice on the best option for the type of print you’re trying to achieve.
The owner of American Screen Printing in Portage, Michigan, was accused of sexually assaulting two employees and was charged with five felony counts of criminal sexual conduct.
Puff Ink is a plastisol-based ink that has been modified with the addition of a heat-reactive foaming agent that makes the ink expand.
Family Industries lists the pros and cons of printing with puff.
Ten years ago, Fresh Print’s new owners were scammed by a customer for $8000 and owed $25,000 for licensing royalties. Now, they have 290 full-time employees with an annual revenue of $40 million.
The production was shifted from its Mebane, North Carolina, distribution center to a distribution center in Charleston, South Carolina.
Unequal Technologies Company (UTC), a Philadelphia-based apparel maker, has filed a breach-of-contract lawsuit against Mercury Screen Printing of Albany, New York. UTC alleges Mercury entered into a contract to purchase $480,665.94 in lacrosse shoulder pads and is now refusing to pay.