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No more Alpha
Frog:
Another addition to my "only when necessary" list.
GoWestRob:
it's tough to run a business as big as S&S and Alpha need to be relying only on the margins on the blanks and hoping for a big rebate from Gildan and the other big mills. The money is in the private label business which San Mar has totally figured out, and that's why S&S purchased TSC in order to get the Tultex brand. Alpha has some house brands and they've got the printing capabilities. They'll pick up Core 365 which is a competitor to SanMar's Posicharge, Devon&Jones, Threadfast and the other house brands at Alpha, and also absorb all of the printing that Alpha was doing for 4Imprint and other hardgoods companies. I hate it but it makes sense on paper.
mk162:
--- Quote from: GoWestRob on August 06, 2024, 07:41:45 PM ---it's tough to run a business as big as S&S and Alpha need to be relying only on the margins on the blanks and hoping for a big rebate from Gildan and the other big mills. The money is in the private label business which San Mar has totally figured out, and that's why S&S purchased TSC in order to get the Tultex brand. Alpha has some house brands and they've got the printing capabilities. They'll pick up Core 365 which is a competitor to SanMar's Posicharge, Devon&Jones, Threadfast and the other house brands at Alpha, and also absorb all of the printing that Alpha was doing for 4Imprint and other hardgoods companies. I hate it but it makes sense on paper.
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Exactly. S&S needed private label polos, jackets, and performance goods to compete with SanMar. I get it.
I also remembered why I hate Alpha, aside from picking errors, is their in house decoration. Sorry if I made the mistake of buying hundreds of thousands in printing equipment, hiring personnel, just to have you offer it to any a--hole out there.
Homer:
--- Quote from: mk162 on August 07, 2024, 08:35:33 AM ---
I also remembered why I hate Alpha, aside from picking errors, is their in house decoration. Sorry if I made the mistake of buying hundreds of thousands in printing equipment, hiring personnel, just to have you offer it to any a--hole out there.
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and S&S offering DTF transfers to any a-hole out there too. This industry is changing fast, better change with it. I know we have a lot of work to do here to catch up with the times.
screw S&S and Alpha........ Bring back Bodek and Rhodes....
3Deep:
The T-shirt biz is getting like the Promo companies they sell you the blank product that they themselves can print cheaper and will, who the heck wants to compete with your blank supplier, plus you got sneaky azz reps that get info and pass it on. I know this because we had a really large order and the rep wanted to know who it was for etc.
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