Tees n' More's Services

Our in-house design team can create a T-shirt logo for you, or recreate a logo or start from scratch and help you brand your company! We offer full design services for logos, items for screen printing and embroidery.We can also ship your orders immediately or house them in our facility and ship them when they are needed. We can also provide individual shirt packing and shipping services. We proudly use UPS as our courier and are pleased to ship your order to any location, be it an office or a home.

Quality plus affordability equals value. We use state of the art microprocessor controlled automated equipment to screen printing garments of the highest quality. We use only brands that we know and trust -brands like Gildan, Fruit of the Loom, Hanes and Bella. From our facility in Ontario, we service customers from around the corner, the greater Toronto area, and across Canada.

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Experience Matters at Tees n' More

Teesnmore is a wholesale promotions company located in Stoney Creek, Ontario with warehouses all over North America. Teesnmore Promotions has been in business for over 30 years specializing in all aspects of the custom T-shirt printing. We provide wholesale blank items, screen printing, embroidery and sublimation heat transfer to both the end user and other businesses on bulk terms.


With over 30 years experience in promotinal t-shirts and screen printing, we take pride in offering our clients the absolute lowest price with top-notch quality. We guarantee the lowest prices. If you find a better advertised price on an equivalent item, please bring the advertisement and we will beat it by 5%.

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Tees n' More Can Do It

Promotional gifts are very common as cresting t-shirts, sweatshirts and other larger surfaces. We use only the finest quality plastisol inks, which will ensure vibrant colour and will not crack, chip or fade. Even after hundreds of washes, screen printed shirts will not lose their appeal. We offer contract rates for those that already have garments and just need the printing done.

If you have a design or logo that you need to put on any type of garment, be it a t-shirt or any promotional merchandise, we can do it. We do both large orders and small. So, if you need 15 t-shirts printed for your team, or 5000 printed for your company, we can accommodate.

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More Staying Home As Economy And Gas Fluctuate

It's unlikely gas prices will stop too many Pride Weekend or Caribana faithful from making the trek, but even for the casual tourist, the crude price of crude could offer an ironic boost to tourism in the GTA and across the nation.

Statistics Canada suggests more Canadians vacationed in their own country than anywhere else over the past four months, a trend that could well stretch into the summer and deliver big bucks to city centres like Toronto taking money from those who once would have headed for the U.S. or overseas.

StatsCan also reports Canadians are spending 2.3 per cent more on travel within Canada than outside it, although the tradeoff comes from the reality that fewer people from overseas or south of the border are likely to pay a visit.

In addition to gas prices, higher air fares and a high loonie are also driving the trends, but U.S. tourists, some of them anyway, still prefer the Great White North.

"The Canadian dollar is a lot more friendly to the U.S. dollar than the Euro is," said Andy Schwitter, a tourist from Dallas. "This is like a bargain compared to going to Europe."

As for the cottagers -- a famous group when it comes to spreading money across the province and country -- a new study by Royal LePage suggests two in 10 could soon deliver a blow to the domestic tourism market by forgoing that lifestyle if gas prices remain high.

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4 Tips to Entrepreneurial Success

The allure of owning your own business is undeniable: creating the job of your dreams, greater control of your time and, potentially, more money. But entrepreneurship also carries a whopping financial risk, so it’s important to know what you’re getting into. Here are the key points to keep in mind.

Save up
Once you have a solid business plan in place, ask yourself where the start-up money is going to come from. Inadequate capital is one of the main reasons new businesses fail. To make sure you won't be one of the casualties, you should have enough money to generously fund your business – and your own personal financial requirements – for at least a year, preferably two. Most small businesses are financed by a combination of personal savings, personal credit and "love money" (investments and loans from family and friends). You need to think long and hard about the consequences – which include a trashed credit rating or even bankruptcy – of not being able to repay loans. Borrowing from loved ones can also cause turmoil, so be sure your dad and cousin Rachel know the risk. Then be extremely frugal about operational expenses. Never assume your business will support you right away – that's very rarely the case.

Put your house in order
As your business expands, access to credit will become more important to you than ever before, so your credit rating should be squeaky clean. To find out exactly where you stand, apply for a copy of your credit report at Equifax or TransUnion Canada – and make sure it's correct. Next, make it a priority to pay off any personal consumer debts, such as credit cards and lines of credit, before you give up your job income.

Get help
You may be the queen of catering or website design, but can you handle payroll, receivables and tax planning? Hiring an accountant for a few hours every month can make all the difference. Clients who've told me they lost money in their business often admit they could have stayed out of trouble if they'd had a better handle on their cash flow. An accountant can also make sure you don't miss any tax breaks.

To find an accountant who specializes in your kind of business, ask other entrepreneurs for recommendations. If you're a do-it-yourselfer, there are a number of comprehensive software programs (I like QuickBooks and Simply Accounting) and small-business tax guides that can help you.

Start small
Once you're ready to launch your business, begin on a small scale (working weekends and evenings, for instance, while you're still employed). This will allow you to hang on to your primary source of income, test your market, develop your skills and identify the pitfalls, all with a safety net.

Whatever you dream, get started! A sound business strategy and smart financial plan can take you anywhere.

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Trade Show Promotional Item Adds Impact

A trade show promotional item given away at your booth can help draw traffic, create recall after the show, and provide contact information in a unique, memorable way to prospects.

At first glance, an exhibit hall seems like a treasure trove for prospecting.Yet, considering all the distractions of the show and your competition vying for the attention of conference attendees, interest-grabbers in the form of unique or useful giveaways can help draw more people to your booth.

With increased booth traffic, you will have increased opportunity to convert more cold prospects into hot leads. According to Incomm Center for Trade Show Research and Sales Training, event attendees are 52% more likely to stop by your exhibit if you have an appealing promotional item to give them.

As a result, awareness and interest in your exhibit and product line increase -- and you enhance potential for greater sales performance. Here are important considerations to help you choose your giveaway.

- Does the item complement your company and product image?
- Do the giveaways you want to purchase match your budget?
- Are you able to easily imprint your key contact information and message on the trade show promotional item?
- Will you be able to get your shipment in time for the event?
- Is your giveaway unique and different from others you’ve seen?
- Is the item something YOU would like to have?

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Effective Use of Giveaways

How you distribute your trade show promotional item makes a difference in its perceived value and marketing effectiveness.

For example, do not stack your entire supply of giveaways on your booth table for just anyone to take.

This potentially diminishes the value of your "gift" to show attendees. Rather, personally and selectively hand out giveaways to visitors with whom you speak and who represent potential clients.

Through thoughtful distribution of advertising specialties your product will be more memorable to your prospect and serves as a way to show your appreciation for the booth visit.

You may also want to have booth visitors fill out a lead form before you offer the giveaway. This will further help qualify prospects and assist with your event follow-up marketing initiatives.

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Shopping for Promotional Items – Choose Effective Items

For many years promo items have served as one of the most effective means sending your message across and building trademark fidelity. A research by the Promotional Products Association International (PPAI) states that Employee Events and Relations amount to nearly 8.36% of total promo items sales.

An example of effective external promotional strategy is industry themed gifts. banking promotional gifts for a new bank or construction promo products for a building company are sure to yield positive response and keep your brand on air.

One of the findings of the research is that Internal Promotions such as employee gifts cover about 4.33% of all promo product sales. Additionally, the PPAI survey indicates that Employee Awards and recognition items comprise about 5.45% of general sales.

In a shell, considering the numbers above, nearly 21.2% of promo products are for the staff. Employee motivation is your competitive edge so remember that next time you’re shopping for promotional products and corporate gifts!

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Use the Most Cost-effective Promotional Products

In the recent times, business enterprises engage in heavy usage of promotional products. They cater to their different category of target audience with specific ilk of promotional items. The compatibility factor of the promotional gifts is evaluated on the basis of the audience class and the business occasion. However, all these aspects depend upon the cost of the promotional merchandise. Mix and match can be appropriately implemented only when they are affordable. Thus, rises the need of cost-effective promotional commodities.

No strain on the media budget:
Cost-effective promotional articles impose no strain on the media budget that is allocated to a certain amount at the start of a financial year. It also facilitates business organisations of any financial standing to procure promotional objects and take a step toward popularising their name.

Buy more promotional products:
When the promotional items are in convenient price brand, business set ups are able to acquire them in large numbers and that too within the same budget limit. Thereby, an increased count of audience can also be addressed in the stipulated budget. Thus, purchasing cost-efficient brand advertising gifts turn to give higher return on investment.

Save extra amount from discounts:
Again, lower the cost of the promotional products, more the corporate houses tend to buy them in huge quantity. This earns them great discount on their acquisition of promotional products in bulk. The discount may be in the form of waiving off a percentage from the total cost incurred or adding some more pieces to the order without charging an extra penny.

Feel free to experiment:
Suppressed rate of the promotional products also encourage business establishments to experiment with different types of these advertisement conduits. It involves no risk, for the investment is less and there is no fear to run into great losses. They feel free to test the maximum suitability of particular promotional products to a specific audience segment.

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Choosing an Effective Promotional Products Strategy

In today’s information-intensive and highly competitive business world, it is not getting any easier to attract customers. But what doesn’t change is human nature. People like freebies and they always leave a positive imprint on the memory. Smart marketing gift ideas are a great opportunity to get your company’s name out to its target market and bind it with the pleasant emotions. More importantly, promotional products if selected wisely i.e focused on needs of the receiver, contribute to your brand development and trademark recognition daily!

The promotional items that you pick as tradeshow giveaways are limited only by your own creativity. They can range from market-proven goods such as calendars, coffee mugs and baseball caps to innovative items such as promo magnets, stadium blankets, toy cars and trucks, all bearing your logo and contact information.

But no matter what route you take or what promotional gifts you choose, be sure you maximize your investment. And the first step in this smart, but responsible strategy lies in setting clear goals for your promotion. Just think about what you want these promo items to do for your business. Whether they should build the good awareness of your company or boost sales, or maybe provide a way to thank your customers, specially when we’re speaking about marketing gifts, it’s always better to put clear aims from the start so you can purchase items that make sense for your business.

Promotional gifts are a silent salesperson for your products or services. If you realize how important it is to choose the correct promotional gift for a certain situation, you’ll never have any problems in getting a big revenue from your marketing gift ideas.

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Why Are Some Local Restaurants Refusing To Serve Bottled Water?

There are a number of reasons why people like water in bottles, although paying anywhere from $1.50 to $2.50 for one depending on the restaurant probably isn't one of them.

Still, as much as the eateries probably love just those sorts of profit margins, many are cutting out bottled water primarily because some argue it's bad for the environment.

"It's a double-edged sword," said Mark McEwan, owner of Bymark Restaurant. "As an owner you'd love to sell a person a bottle of water, because it helps you make a living ... definitely a movement under foot to go to tap water."

It's estimated that Canadians spent $653 million on bottled water in 2005 alone, and despite those staggering numbers it's the bottle left behind that have owners going back to the tap. And some in the business insist even the customers that can tell the difference, don't really care.

"They know it's tap water and they still drink it," said Melanie Burns of The Black Bull.

And of course there are those environmentalists that suggest because of the city's filtration system and monthly bacterial tests, tap water can actually be cleaner. It's also estimated that about a quarter of the bottled water people drink is simply tap water that's been filtered.

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G.T.A. Cashing In On Caribana

Close to one million people are expected to fill the area along Lake Shore Boulevard to take in Saturday's Caribana parade and local business owners are predicting this weekend's surge in tourism will fill their tills with cash.

The annual celebration of Caribbean culture is the biggest festival of its kind in North America and it's also a massive moneymaker.

Restaurants around the city are sure to see their numbers go up, especially establishments right in the centre of the action, like the Hard Rock Cafe at Yonge-Dundas Square.

"We look to do 30, 40 percent more than a normal weekend," the restaurant's general manager Paul Colicchio predicts.

Hotels are also filling fast.

"In our reservations we see a lot of people coming from Michigan state and around that area," Ashok Baghel, general manager of the Holiday Inn on King, explained.

The massive Caribbean festival kicked off a few weeks ago, but the highlight of the event - Saturday's parade - is free, which gives tourists in town for the lakeside party even more opportunity to spend some cash.

Stephen Weir, one of the organizers of the Toronto Caribbean Carnival, formerly Caribana, said each year the event attracts more tourists and each year it brings more money into the city.

"Fifteen years ago we were saying about a quarter-billion and we're way past that, probably half a billion dollars," he said.

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The Importance of Uniforms in Branding and Building Equity

A company's brand and other such intangibles can add as much as 40 percent in company value. Because brand equity represents such a large proportion of value, a managed uniform program has the potential to contribute greatly to brand equity and the overall value of the company.

Uniforms serve an important purpose as part of a branding strategy by helping those who serve as a first point of contact with customers or clients to create a favorable impression.

Companies in the meeting and event planning industry should recognize the need for and importance of uniforms then leverage them to their advantage for both security and brand building. Uniforms benefit both the corporate meeting management side as well as the client side in the event planning industry. At an actual event, uniforms can distinguish various groups and increase service quality for participants. Uniforms function as cues to identify those best able to address concerns or issues. In corporate event planning or corporate meeting planning outside vendors have the potential to play a significant role, which increases the importance of uniforms. Managed uniform programs are more likely to provide the needed security to prevent impostors and other security risks

Uniforms work well as part of a branding campaign because they reinforce messages. Uniforms provide visible signals that customers can interpret to determine who to ask for help or with questions. 83% of consumers feel that uniforms identify employees who can help them. Following these guidelines will optimize a brand-enhancing uniform plan:

Use a clear, easily recognizable emblem or name and integrate it into uniforms to develop brand recognition and professionalism.

Design a uniform that considers employees’ needs, safety, and security to bolster your reputation as an employer.

Secure the uniforms themselves with third party providers. These providers help employers track and manage uniforms.

Discuss uniform practices and policies with vendor partners. 87 percent of business owners want personnel from vendors and suppliers to be in uniform to help confirm their identities.

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Film Festival Means Serious Profits For Local Restaurants & Hotels

Restaurant and hotel managers and boutique owners around the city are likely humming "There's No Business Like Show Business" as they stand to rake in millions of dollars during the 31st annual Toronto International Film Festival.

Posh hotels stand to make some of the biggest profits, including the swanky inn in the centre of the action in Yorkville. A handful of top-notch rooms at the Four Seasons got a massive makeover for the 10-day festival. Each suite runs about $3,500 per night.

"It is our biggest time of the year. Very exciting to have it back, we look forward to it - very exciting," Roseanne David, guest relations manager for the Four Seasons Hotel, said.

"It's not only about the big celebrities staying here. It's about our repeat guests, people here on business, groups, they see what changes we made through the hotel -- that will bring them back for more business. I definitely think this is a good, positive change for the hotel."

According to a comprehensive study in 2001 conducted by an outside company, the city raked in $67 million by the end of the festival that year. That figure doesn't include all of the films that were purchased, sold, and distributed in backroom deals.

Restaurants, especially those in the Yorkville area, also stand to make a tidy profit with celebrity gazers, the stars themselves and industry workers creating a massive increase in business.

The Toronto International Film Festival, an event now on par with Sundance and Cannes, has grown so much in the last five years, there are estimates the city could make up to $70 million by the end of this year's event.

A total of 352 films from 61 countries will be showcased in Toronto this year, with over 500 stars and guests expected to attend.

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