#2018REGGIES Industry Awards Winners Announcements
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Please find some links and notes from the 2 Regular Guys Podcast. It’s the biggest day of the year for the apparel/product customization industry. The sixth annual REGGIE Awards will be presented today! Tune in to hear who the industry picked as the best of the best!!
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News
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Imprinted Sportswear Show has announced for 2019 that our friends over at Ink Kitchen will be taking over the Shop Talk sessions. These are 20 minute free sessions out on the show floor and were very well received in 2018. If you were scheduled to be one of those presenters for 2019, hold tight to hear from Ink Kitchen about your session.
#2018REGGIES Industry Awards Winners
And the winner is…
Most participated in and heated awards yet. Lots of consternation over giveaways and people using fake emails to vote.
“We just provide the forum to recognize people. It apparently means a lot to them and we had no rules in place otherwise. We still recognize all the nominees and it’s a celebration of the industry. The fact they are giving away stuff out of their pocket for a coffee mug is their prerogative and there is nothing stopping the others from doing the same. They feel it is a value to them but if you don’t like it that seems like a harm to their business. We will look any changes we need to make for next year but again the spirit of the awards are to recognize everyone and the voting is just the icing on the cake for a fun year-end show.”
1) Best New Product
Bling Anything (The Rhinestone World)
Embrilliance Stitch Artist 3D foam underlay – 48%
Epson F2100 DTG Printer
The Design Wizard Software from TRW
WALAKut Express from HTW
2) Best Sales or Customer Service Representative
Gabe Hernandez – The Rhinestone World
Kristine Shreve, EnMart
Lisa Potts – The Rhinestone World – 43%
Mitchell Ruebke – Heat Transfer Warehouse
Sean Moreau – The Rhinestone World
3) Company that Provides the Best Customer Service
Embrilliance – 47%
Heat Transfer Warehouse
Ricoma International Corporation
SanMar
The Rhinestone World (TRW)
4) Best Online Educational Content
ErichCampbell.com
Heat Transfer Warehouse YouTube Channel
OML Embroidery University
Ted Stahls Blog
The Rhinestone World YouTube Channel – 68%
5) Best Industry Educator
Erich Campbell
Gabe Hernandez – The Rhinestone World
Lisa Potts – The Rhinestone World
Matt Vassallo of The Rhinestone World – 57%
Sue Brown, OML University, OML Embroidery
6) Best Industry Trade Show
DAX Chicago – 45%
ISS Atlantic City
ISS Long Beach
ISS Orlando
NBM Indianapolis
7) Best Decorated Item
Cubs Cup – By TRW – 76%
8) Most Influential Young Star
Brooke Hestdalen (Heat Transfer Warehouse)
Erich Campbell
Gabe Hernandez – TRW
Lisa Potts – The Rhinestone World – 55%
Pete Junior New Era Apparel
9) Best Guest on the 2 Regular Guys Podcast
Alison J. Prince
Erich Campbell
Gordon Firemark – Copyright and Trademark Law
Matt Vassallo The Rhinestone World – 72%
Pete Junior New Era Apparel
10) Best Ambassador for the Industry
Erich Campbell
Joe Piazza with Siser – 45%
Matt Vassallo The Rhinestone World
Pete Junior New Era Apparel
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Other Events
- Aaron’s Online Video Series “Small Business Saturdays” #SBSVideos Every Saturday Morning at 11:30 AM EST | 8:30 AM PST
- January 18, 2019 – Learning to Digitize: The 2 Kinds of Embroidery Knowledge (ISS Long Beach, CA)
- January 19, 2019 – The Scientific Stitcher – Measurement and Testing (ISS Long Beach, CA)
- January 20, 2019 – Embroidery Pricing Models Explained (ISS Long Beach, CA)
- February 22, 2019 – Developing a Business Plan (DAX Kansas City)
- February 22, 2019 – Being Customer Centric EQUALS More Profits (DAX Kansas City)
- March 25-27, 2019 – Totally T-Shirts! Garment Screen Printing: Basic to Advanced Workshop (Fairfax, VA)
Trade Shows
- ASI Orlando – January 3-5, 2019
- PPAI Expo – January 13-17, 2019
- ISS Long Beach – January 18-20, 2019
- Creativation – January 19-21, 2019
- NBM Phoenix – February 1-2, 2019
- ASI Ft Worth – February 5-6, 2019
- ThreadX Powered by SGIA – February 17-19, 2019
- DAX Kansas City – February 22-23, 2019
- ISS Atlantic City – March 21-23, 2019
- NBM – Irving, TX – March 28-30, 2019
- DAX Minnesota – April 5-6, 2019
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