Summer will be here before you know it, making now the perfect time to strike while the iron’s hot and present your clients premium cotton tees and tanks for their warm-weather promotions. Look out for common events in the summer that call for large orders of T-shirts decorated. You can then make a sale by featuring our most popular cotton styles, Next Level Apparel’s (asi/73867), and demonstrating the perfect decoration technique for the project.
#1 – Charity Runs & Races
As the weather gets nicer, you’ll find tons of charity runs, marathons and walk-a-thons taking place. The event organizers will often give participants a free shirt as a thank you for signing up. They can wear it during the event, and keep it afterward. This can lead to huge orders and profits depending on the scale of the event. You can also tap into individual teams that are running or walking in a group. While they’ll require smaller quantity orders, you never know where that connection can lead to in the future if you impress with branded shirts that show off their team names in style.
- NLA Summer Fashion: Cotton Tank for Women (3633)
The versatile muscle tank is ideal for those who are active, such as runners and walkers in marathons or charity walks. - Decor Suggestion DTG (direct-to-garment) is a great decoration method for charity race apparel as DTG prints are not only durable but also breathable – both important features for shirts that will be worn during exercise.
# 2 – Team Building Activities for Corporate Teams
Summer is often the slowest time of year for office work, so it’s a great season to organize team bonding events or company offsite events. Employees can use long-sleeved cotton shirts as incentives and also to keep warm in their offices. You should offer a variety of colors so that you can easily match your brand’s color without having to be exact. You can also ask clients if they’d like to purchase different colors for each department to reinforce that sense of pride and community for individual teams.
- NLA Summer Fashion: Cotton Long-Sleeve T-Shirt for Men and Women (3601)
This long-sleeved shirt is made from 100% combed ringspun cotton. It will provide comfort during long office hours or team activities. - Decor Suggestion DTG is an inexpensive way to print on any color shirt, whether it’s dark or light. Your clients can purchase shirts with their corporate colors, even if they are white or black.
#3 – Trade Shows & Conferences
Promotional apparel is a natural fit for trade shows. From event staff to booth volunteers to giveaways for attendees, there’s no shortage of needs for branded cotton apparel. These events also have a lot of promotional T-shirts. It’s a great opportunity for clients to make a statement by purchasing unique designs. We love NLA’s ringer tees for this need. Boasting nostalgic, throwback style that’s all the rage in retail right now, these on-trend tops will stand out from the sea of standard styles and position your clients as having their finger on the pulse of current consumer demand.
- NLA Summer Fashion: Unisex Cotton Ringer T-Shirt (3604)
The retro style of this cotton tee is sure to impress both the staff and visitors. - Decor Suggestion Screen-printing is a great way to reduce costs on orders of large quantities. NLA’s cotton ringer offers a stellar printing surface that will ensure screen-printed designs that hold up over time.
#4 – Nonprofit/Volunteer Activities
It’s the ideal weather for many outdoor activities and environmental events. Volunteers for events like community cleanups will appreciate a soft and stylish shirt to wear to easily communicate to others that they’re apart of the organization. Street teams can also attract more attention with shirts decorated with their nonprofit’s logo and eye-catching graphics, resulting in greater reach for their important cause.
- NLA Summer Fashion: Soft wash cotton T-Shirt for Men and Women (3600SW)
This vintage-look t-shirt, which was just launched in time for the summer season, is soft and faded at all of the right spots. This cotton tee will instantly become a beloved keepsake for end-users long after the volunteer event is over because it’s already pre-shrunk and broken-in, so it’s familiar right front the start.
- Decor Suggestion Discharge printing will maintain the super soft feel of this cotton shirt, as the shirt’s color will be replaced with your desired ink colors, rather than printed on top.
#5 – Sports Game Giveaways
From baseball and softball to soccer to track and field and beyond, there’s plenty of need for sports apparel and gameday giveaways. Branded T shirts can make a great spiritwear item that is both cost effective and popular. These shirts can either be placed in the stadium or sold on merch stands. To raise money for the team, booster clubs may also sell shirts. Cotton shirts can be worn by many sport leagues and teams, including young children.
- NLA Summer Fashion: Cotton T-Shirts for Men and Women (3600)
This is a classic and top seller. - Decor Suggestion The heat transfer method is an excellent choice when it comes to shirts that feature individual names. Different transfer designs are available without the need for additional setup costs. Screen-printing, for example, can become expensive when you need custom screens made for each item.
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