01 — 150–220 GSM
Lightweight Premium
Summer tour tees, festival-route inventory, breathable fan apparel for hot venues.
For Artist Management & Label Merch Teams
Your merch program, run by people who've done it for 50 years.
Most suppliers ship garments. We run the program — in-house design tailored to your audience, premium make, and a dedicated team that protects your on-sale date.
Recently shipped for
Strand Music Co.Meridian RecordsHalcyon TouringNorthbound LabelVerse CollectiveAmber Hours
"We're not a vendor. We're your merch partner."
Most merch managers we work with are juggling four vendors — a designer, a printer, a fulfillment house, and a freight broker — and praying nothing falls between them. We collapse that into one program, one account lead, one PO.
Design, manufacturing, and program management under one roof, run by people who've shipped artist merch since 1971. White-glove from kickoff call to reorder.
What you get with Janmar
Design. Make. Run.
01
Design
An in-house creative team tailored to the artist space. We know what moves the needle for fans — and we design for the garment, not just the screen. Work directly with your branding team or hand us the assets and we'll build the capsule.
02
Make
Heavyweight organic cotton, discharge and water-based ink, full-temp cure, 14-stage QC. Vertically integrated factory we've owned since 1971 — no surprises, no subcontracting roulette.
03
Run
A dedicated account lead who knows your tour calendar, flags risk weeks ahead, and coordinates split shipments to venue and 3PL. White-glove from sample kit to reorder.
Built for how artist merch actually works
The things that go wrong with merch — and what we do about them.
The pain
Juggling designer, printer, fulfillment, and freight — things fall through the cracks.
What we do
One partner, one PO, one account lead from concept through reorder.
The pain
Designs that look great on screen but die on a heavyweight tee.
What we do
In-house design that's garment-first — print placement, fabric behavior, and decoration limits baked in from sketch one.
The pain
Generic merch that doesn't reinforce the artist's brand.
What we do
Capsules built from your artist's visual world. We work with your branding team or build from your assets.
The pain
Missing the on-sale date because production slipped.
What we do
Tour-cycle account management. We track your dates, flag risk weeks ahead, and have backup capacity.
The pain
Sitting on dead stock — or selling out of the best-sellers.
What we do
Size curve and color mix advised from 50+ years of program data. Reorder line stays open through the tour.
The pain
Sustainability claims that won't survive press scrutiny.
What we do
Verified organic cotton, audited family-owned factory, full chain of custody on request.
Drop types
Three starting points. Configure from there.
Drop 01
Single-Drop Capsule
300–1,500 units
Build
Tee + hoodie · 1–2 colorways · screen or discharge print
Lead time
4 weeks production · 14-day air freight
Drop 02
Album Cycle Capsule
1,500–6,000 units
Build
Tee + hoodie + crewneck + cap · up to 3 colorways · multi-placement
Lead time
5–6 weeks · split air / ocean freight
Drop 03
Tour + D2C Pack
6,000+ units
Build
Full apparel range · venue + warehouse split · D2C reorder line
Lead time
6–8 weeks · DDP to venue or 3PL
Case · Strand Music Co.
9,400 units across two album drops and a 22-date tour.
Headliner capsule — 240 GSM tee, 400 GSM hoodie, structured cap — built into four colorways with discharge print on the bodies and embroidery on the caps. D2C reorder line kept open through the tour cycle.
Initial drop locked in week three. Air freight to LAX in week eight. Pre-sorted by venue, with a separate pallet routed to the label's 3PL for online fulfillment. Reorders shipped twice during the run.
9.4K
Units shipped
22
Tour dates
2
Reorder cycles
Decoration & QC
The print outlasts the tour.
Discharge & water-based ink
Soft-hand prints that sit in the fabric, not on top. Holds color through repeat washes.
Plastisol with proper cure
Full-temp belt cure on every run. No cracking on shoulder seams or cuffs.
14-stage QC
Strike-off review, in-line print inspection, full-piece QC before pack-out in Ksawerów.
How drops work
Brief to merch table, in five.
01
Brief our team
WhatsApp or 30-min call. Drop dates, units, artwork status.
02
Pick a drop
Single-drop, album cycle, or tour + D2C pack.
03
Sample approval
Strike-off and physical sample shipped before the run.
04
Production & QC
14-stage quality control in Ksawerów.
05
Split shipment
Venue pallets + D2C 3PL line, on the date committed.
What we build for you
From the album drop to the world tour.
Artist and label programs that scale from a 200-unit capsule to a 50,000-unit tour. Premium garments, on-brand packaging, and a freight plan that respects the on-sale date.
- 01Album release capsules
- 02Tour merch programs
- 03Artist-led brand lines
- 04Limited drops & restocks
- 05Merch table & venue retail
- 06VIP & meet-and-greet kits
- 07Crew & band apparel
- 08Custom packaging & inserts
- 09Signed-edition packaging
- 10D2C reorder & 3PL fulfillment
- 11Caps, totes, accessories
- 12Vinyl & merch bundle inserts
Janmar Rush
Need it on stage in weeks, not months?
Standard programs run on a 5–8 week production window depending on quantity and complexity. When the tour date won't move, we run a rush track: pre-cleared factory slots, prioritized decoration, and air freight built into the plan from day one.
Rush comes with a per-unit surcharge and a tighter approval cadence — sample windows compress and decisions need to land on time. We'll quote the surcharge against your real on-sale date.
Standard
5–8 wks
Full design + sample cycle
Expedited
3–5 wks
Compressed approvals, air freight
Rush
2–3 wks
Pre-cleared slots, surcharge applies
Lead times are guidance, not commitments — final windows depend on garment, quantity, decoration complexity, and approval cadence. We quote firm dates on your brief.
Merch weight options
Engineered around the moment.
Artist merch should feel intentional — whether that means a breathable tour tee fans wear all summer, a premium everyday hoodie, or a heavyweight luxury capsule.
02 — 220–320 GSM
Premium Everyday
The default for tour merch — soft, structured, and built to outlive the tour.
03 — 320–480 GSM
Heavyweight Luxury
Album drops, VIP boxes, and capsule collaborations that hold their own at retail.