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Print & Stitch in 2017 After a successful 2016, the Print & Stitch Roadshows are back for 2017. There will be 12 stops across the UK this year where visitors will be able to see Stocks Embroidery & Sewing Machines, The Magic Touch, Madeira and other UK print and embroidery suppliers. The next show is in Newcastle on 16 February, then Leicester on 23 March. Attendance is free; for a full list of dates and locations visit the website. w www.printandstitch.org

TheMagicTouch invites customers to decorate their balls TheMagicTouch (TMT) has developed an

image transfer process that allows easy per- sonalisation of foot- ball, rugby and other sports balls. Full colour logos and images are possible, as manag- ing director Jim Nicol explains. “Until now the decoration and personalisation of balls has been mainly re- stricted to single-col- our designs applied using traditional PAD printing, which involves a degree of setting up and is not suitable for photographic imag- es, and certainly not for individual designs. Volume orders are

Next stop Newcastle - Print & Stitch is hitting the road again in 2017

normally printed and processed at a factory in China or Pakistan involving high minimum order levels and up to six weeks order processing. “Using the ProSeries Oki 7411WT white-toner printer and CPM transfer paper, full-colour images and logos can be applied to almost any type of ball using a modified ball-shaped platen manufactured by the UK’s lead- ing press manufacturer A Adkins & Sons. The process is quick, easy and very durable, with the cost per printed panel at less than 5p per image.” TMT has carried out tests with leading European ball manufacturers over the past six months to ensure the various U surfaces are compatible with low heat application. The white toner option also enables non-

Result introduces new ‘Ready to Brand’ directory According to Result, its new Ready to Brand brochure

is the “first of its kind in the industry”. The product directory depicts all cur- rent Result, Result Headwear and Spiro garments that have removable label- ling or are tag-free, making them ‘ready to brand’. The Result Ready

white panels to be decorated. w www.themagictouch.co.uk

to Brand brochure is available now online and in print with the choice of an English, French or German cover. w www.resultclothing.com

Research shows growth in online selling Thirty percent of Britons expect to earn money in the future by regularly selling goods online, with 17% plan- ning to add to their retirement income in this way. The eCommerce Participation Study research has prompt- ed ePages, which carried out the research, to suggest that we’re becoming a “nation of e-shop-keepers’. w www.epages.com

Website refresh for Fruit of the Loom and Russell Fruit of the Loom and Russell have both updated their web- sites with fresh, bright and easily navigated designs. w www.fruitoftheloom.co.uk w www.russelleurope.com

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