Order Symbolizes the Company’s U.S Growth in Apparel Customization
Boston, MA – June 13, 2011 – Spreadshirt, the leading multi-channel clothing commerce platform for creating, buying and selling personalized apparel— today announced a company milestone, shipping its one-millionth order in the United States. Over 15,000 customized products are produced every week in Spreadshirt’s Greensburg, Pennsylvania production facility—with the U.S. representing the company’s fastest-growing market. Order fulfillment in the U.S is up 80% over last year—an indicator that the co-creation and customization trend is gaining in popularity amongst consumers, according to Forrester research.
“We’ve seen tremendous growth stemming from both our consumer and shop partner side of the business since U.S. production started over 6 years ago,” explains Mark Venezia, Spreadshirt’s Vice President of Global Sales and Marketing. “More than half of our orders include digital printing and in just one year, we’ve increased by 4x the number of Digital Direct machines we’re currently using to customize T-shirts and other apparel. As a result, we’re evaluating our future needs and anticipate building Spreadshirt’s second U.S. production facility later this year to accommodate the growing business.”
Since 2007, Spreadshirt has hired roughly 25% more employees, and overall U.S. revenue has grown by more than 50%. With over 300 million e-commerce consumers in the U.S.—all potential Spreadshirt customers—the company is poised to gain leading marketshare through a multi-channel approach that sets them apart from its competitors.
Whether customers choose to create their own designs to sell, make a purchase from Spreadshirt’s online community, or become a shop partner, the Spreadshirt c-commerce platform allows customers the flexibility to select from a wide range of apparel and accessories to customize clothing they love to wear. For more information, visit www.spreadshirt.com.
About Spreadshirt
Spreadshirt (www.spreadshirt.com) is the leading multi-channel clothing commerce platform for creating, buying and selling personalized apparel. For the more than 35,000 active online shops selling around the world in 2010, the Spreadshirt c-commerce platform offers a flexible, risk-free, print-on-demand approach. Spreadshirt’s fulfillment service handles everything from production and payment to shipping and customer service.
The platform provides multiple channels to bring customers’ ideas to life on clothing. These channels include 3rd party e-commerce marketplaces like Amazon, white label and social media shops, and countless other applications using Spreadshirt’s API.
Founded in 2002 in Leipzig Germany, Spreadshirt is a global company with Headquarters in Germany and the United States and factories in North America, Germany and Poland to allow rapid delivery to customers. For additional information, visit Spreadshirt on Twitter, Flickr or Facebook .