Generally considered the greatest merchandise company created by mankind. Red Star Merch was officially founded in this year.

Canadian businessman Dov Charney founded this company which heavily influenced the fast fashion fit & style of today’s concert t-shirt.

This Nashville company has a unique combination of pressing hand-inked, hand-carved typefaces, woodblocks and metal plates onto paper which remains instantly recognizable after nearly 125 years.

This Red Star client was featured on CNBC explaining the release of the album “Sleepfiy”. A totally silent protest album fans put on Spotify repeat to raise 20K for the band’s tour.

According to AtVenu this US State has the best merch markets in the country. In 2019 it had 3 of the top 10 best per head cities in the country.

Hollywood is to “blame” for the widespread acceptance of the visible T-shirt, namely actors Marlon Brando and James Dean. This musical artist benefited soon after with what is generally consider the 1st music merch line.

This company based in Winston-Salem, NC announced a $60 million acquisition of Norcross, GA based Alternative Apparel in 2017.

More than ½ of paper material used globally is for this purpose.

This Red Star client has a member chosen for the MacArthur ‘Genius Grant’ which comes with a nice $500,000 prize.

This shipping company operates the world's largest cargo air fleet with more than 650 aircraft.

Historian Glenn A Baker says this Australian stadium rock band was the first band to ever make more money from merch sales than tour tickets.

Since 1993 this company has been the exclusive baseball cap supplier for Major League Baseball (MLB).

Screen printing first appeared in a recognizable form in this country dating back to (960–1279 AD).

This Red Star client has the most Grammys of any.

During a 3-day popup in New York City this musical artist claims to have sold $1 million in merchandise in two days.

This artist famously influenced new rules from Billboard & Soundscan starting January, 2020. His antics were brought into the public eye after Nicki Minaj was quoted: “he is out here selling f***ing clothes, and he got y’all thinking he’s selling f***ing music”.

According to ASI data, the current top apparel distributor in the country financially is this company with warehouses located across the country and a recent move into promotional accessories with the launch of Primeline.

This form of printing can transfer a 2-D image onto a 3-D object like a water bottle by utilizing a silicone stamp.

These two Red Star clients are both Canadian indie-rock bands but hail from opposite sides of the country. Both featured female artists who went on to their own success.

Reported by AtVenu this musical genre had the highest merchandise per head in 2019.

In 1974, The then-wife of Grateful Dead’s drummer asked famous promoter Bill Graham whom she should see about selling T-shirts during a show. He answered “Go talk to Dell.” Kicking off the formation of this merchandise company.

Entrepreneurs Yvon Chouinard and Douglas Tompkins founded these separate apparel companies after packing an old Ford van with surfboards, skis, gear and driving 8,000 miles from California to Argentina.

Different print manufacturers can all refer to this matching ‘system’ to make sure ink colors match without direct contact with one another.

This Red Star client has an Academy Award

In 2018, this entity completed a $191 million deal to buy Germany-based music merch maker and e-tailer EMP Merchandising signaling their new efforts to seriously compete with the other majors.