Fabric Blog:

Curated Collections of Office Style

March 19, 2019

SanMar just wrote the book on business uniforming. The 2019 Business Uniforming Guide examines trends and assembles three curated collections of office style — corporate, casual and cool — designed to help you inspire your clients and tell their corporate stories. What’s new in business uniforming? Traditional companies are abandoning a “one size fits all” … Continued

Promotional Apparel Markets: Health Care

March 5, 2019

For most health care professionals, it’s not just their job, it’s a calling. Understanding and anticipating a health care organization’s needs is critical to becoming a trusted provider and partner in this ever-growing and changing market. Health care is one of the largest markets for decorators, and also one of the most challenging. As marketing … Continued

SanMar Family Values: Be Nice

February 26, 2019

Sometimes the simplest thing can make the biggest impact. Here at SanMar, we understand this. Whether you have the perfect waterproof jacket to keep you dry in a storm or you find an ultra-comfortable tee that really makes a logo pop, even the most basic wardrobe essential can turn an entire day around. The very … Continued

Behind the Camera

February 19, 2019

Last week, members of the SanMar creative team went on location for a pair of photo shoots. Let’s go behind the scenes and take a look at the time and effort that goes into creating some of these stunning marketing images for print and web. (Images that you can download from our newly revamped Media … Continued

Getting to Know Generation Z

January 29, 2019

There’s a new generation entering the work force with new values that will influence the work place and apparel trends. Born between the mid-1990s and 2010, Generation Z currently makes up a quarter of the U.S. population, and by 2020 that will grow to one-third. They influence nearly $44 billion in discretionary spending every year, … Continued

Wrangling Your Social Strategy: Managing Engagement

January 22, 2019

THE COCKTAIL PARTY ANALOGY Managing your company’s social media is a lot like hosting a cocktail party. You want to make sure that the banter is lively and that everyone is having a good time. You also want to encourage your guests to share their ideas throughout your conversations and you definitely, absolutely, wholeheartedly do … Continued

Our Ongoing Commitment to Corporate Responsibility

January 15, 2019

When we launched our comprehensive corporate responsibility (CR) report in 2017, we established some ambitious goals to reach by 2020. In the effort of full disclosure, we recently released an update on our progress, highlighting our progress and where we still have some work to do. Arranged by our 2020 goals, Sharing our Progress: 2018 … Continued

New Products to Power a New Year of Selling

January 8, 2019

The new year has arrived and SanMar is here to help you build your business with a whole lotta new for 2019! We’re excited to deliver more than 75 new styles to power a new year of selling, including options for virtually every end user. Take a look at some of our top new styles. … Continued

SanMar Family Values: Invest in Each Other

December 31, 2018

The turn of the calendar to a new year is a natural time to look back on what we’ve done and to look forward to what we want to do. Here at SanMar, whenever we plan for the future we ask ourselves how our Family Values figure into our plans because the SanMar Family Values … Continued

Tradeshow Tips and Tricks

December 11, 2018

‘Tis the holiday season, and you know what comes right after the holidays? That’s right…it’s promotional products tradeshow time! Some of the industry’s biggest shows occur in January, including the ASI Show, the PPAI Expo, the ISS Conference and others. It’s a chance to come together with your peers, learn about the latest trends and … Continued