Spreadshirt Group successfully continued to demonstrate profitable growth for 2019. Last year, Europe’s leading print-on-demand platform generated a revenue of €131 million, a 18.8% increase compared to the previous year. The large order market from teams, social groups and businesses were the primary contributors to this growth. Business units like Create-Your-Own and TeamShirts exhibited notable development. Additionally, Spreadshirt marked significant improvement in most other business units and a movement towards the B2B market.

Successful first year for SPOD in the United States

Spreadshirt’s youngest spin-off, SPOD (Spreadshirt Print-on-Demand), had a very successful first year. The B2B drop shipping service for e-commerce shop systems was launched in the United States at the end of 2018. SPOD has already been ranked no. 2 by Shopify as the best print-on-demand company. The business unit gained several major industrial partners with contracts resulting in over half a million items a year.

Spreadshirt’s influence as a global platform

In total, Spreadshirt shipped more than 6.4 million printed products to over 170 countries. These products ranged from bandanas to posters to t-shirts. Compared to the previous year, this is approximately an 17% increase of items ordered. Switzerland saw the largest increase in orders for 2019, followed by Sweden and Poland. Like the previous year, the five largest markets remained Germany, the United States, France, Scandinavia and the Benelux countries.

The Marketplace and Spreadshop attract designers and entrepreneurs

An essential part of Spreadshirt’s DNA is the ability to make money through the platform. Creatives, companies and organizations alike can generate revenue as Marketplace Designers, Spreadshop Owners or SPOD Merchants with products designed by them. Spreadshirt’s Marketplace and Spreadshop partners earned over €14 million in commission during 2019. In the Spreadshop division, an additional 20,000 new Shop Owners successfully marketed their ideas using the free shop business model. The total number of partners who sold designs printed on clothing and accessories via Spreadshop or Spreadshirt Marketplace in 2019 increased by 12% to over 110,000.

Increase of new employees worldwide

In all business units, Spreadshirt was able to increase the number of people employed worldwide. With 900 employees representing Spreadshirt in locations like Poland, the Czech Republic, the United States, and Germany. Currently, half of the workforce and people from 37 different countries work at the headquarters in Leipzig, Germany. The other half of the workforce are located in Poland, Czech Republic, and the United States.

What’s next for 2020?

“2019 was a fantastic year for Spreadshirt. We have further increased our profitability and have taken significant market share in the team and group order segment,” comments CEO Philip Rooke on the past year. “In 2020, Spreadshirt will be 18 years old. In the year we come of age, we wanted to have another record year and we planned to achieve a revenue of 150 million Euros. However, COVID-19 also presents us with immense challenges. We are experiencing a big drop in large orders as all social events and happenings have been cancelled. However, after the first month the gift and customized product orders boomed, and we’ve already seen 68% more orders.

As a profitable and well-positioned company, we are very confident that we will be able to master the current crisis and continue on our way to further growth, having gained a lot of new experience. We will stick to our plan for 2020 and launch TeamShirts in the US, SPOD in Europe and grow our market share in all business units,” Rooke summarizes Spreadshirt’s current plans for the remainder of the year in response to COVID-19.

Images Available for Download

• Infographics Spreadshirt 2019 in numbers (1.6MB; jpeg)
• Philip Rooke (Spreadshirt CEO)
• Further Photos via Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/spreadshirt/albums

Additional Links

• Spreadshirt Website
• Spreadshirt Management
• Spreadshirt Newsroom

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Just in time for Earth Day 2020 on April 22nd, Earth Day Network, the global coordinators of Earth Day, is launching their official merchandise with Spreadshirt. Earth Day began in the United States in 1970 and is now observed by over 1 billion people each year, making it the world’s largest civic event. This year, Earth Day is celebrating its 50th anniversary.

Earth Day Network’s Spreadshop will offer two exclusive 50th anniversary designs on a variety of products for men, women and children – from organic cotton T-shirts and hoodies, to reusable tote bags. Additionally, Earth Day has also designs available in the Spreadshirt Marketplace.

Self-expression for the planet

“It is valuable for us to have our supporters wearing gear that represents the daily nature of protecting our environment. From picking up trash, reducing resource and energy use, and civic organizing. Earth Day supporters practice the ethos of the environmental movement around the clock, and can now wear their support while doing it,” David Van Siclen from Earth Day Network explains.

The 50th anniversary of Earth Day aims to mobilize a grassroots movement against a threat to the planet that’s as great as any war or natural disaster. “Humans are facing many urgent issues today, but only the climate crisis poses an irreversible threat to the habitability of the planet,” Van Siclen elaborates.

Print-on-demand, a sustainable choice for merchandising

Spreadshirt’s print-on-demand business model is a sustainable choice. This makes Spreadshirt an ideal partner for companies looking to be more eco-conscious with their merchandise offerings.

“Print-on-demand means that sustainability is a part of our DNA. We only produce what our customers really want and then hopefully love and wear for a long time,” Spreadshirt CEO Philip Rooke explains. “Print-on-demand also eliminates the need for trend forecasting, estimating quantities and sizes, storing large amounts of stock, and throwing away products that haven’t been sold”.

“Sustainability is good economics and business management. The reduction of waste in all areas of the company from HQ offices to printing technology in our factories, is how we also create a healthy company. We believe that every little bit helps on our path to a better, more responsible and sustainable business,” Philip Rooke continues.

Regarding their choice to use Spreadshirt as the platform for official Earth Day merchandise, David Van Siclen says: “Beyond offering merchandise to Earth Day supporters, we felt that Spreadshirt´s sustainable achievements in energy and resource use reductions were most aligned with our environmental goals and message. Sustainability in operations and supply chains is a major area where businesses can do their part to better the environment, and Spreadshop has demonstrated such sustainable leadership in the space.”

Links to more information:

• Earth Day Network
• Official Earth Day shop at Spreadshirt
• Earth Day products on the Spreadshirt Marketplace

Photo material:

• Screenshot official merchandising shop at Spreadshirt
• Screenshot product range
• Men´s T-shirt “It´s not a day – it´s a movement”
• Drawstring bag “50 years Earth Day”
• More Spreadshirt photo material on Flickr

About Earth Day Network

Earth Day Network’s mission is to diversify, educate and activate the environmental movement worldwide. Growing out of the first Earth Day in 1970, Earth Day Network is the world’s largest recruiter to the environmental movement, working with more than 75,000 partners in over 190 countries to drive positive action for our planet.

On April 22, 1970, 20 million U.S. Americans took to the streets to demonstrate for a healthy, sustainable environment in coast-to-coast rallies, this is now recognized as the first Earth Day. Thousands of colleges and universities organized protests against the deterioration of the environment. The event achieved a rare political alignment, enlisting support from Republicans and Democrats, rich and poor, urban dwellers and farmers, business and labor leaders. By the end of 1970, the first Earth Day led to the creation of the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the passage of the Clean Air, Clean Water and Endangered Species Acts.

Today, Earth Day is widely recognized as the largest secular observance in the world, marked by more than one billion people every year as a day of action to change human behavior and provoke policy changes. Now, the fight for a clean environment continues with increasing urgency, as the ravages of climate change become more and more apparent every day.

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