Our Story

the “go to company”

Founded by Dan Gonzales, Fifth Sun’s journey from an independent t-shirt company to a leader in the space was shaped by a continued focus on balance, community, and the personal touch that remains at the core of its identity.

Fifth Sun now serves over 3,500 independent accounts, premium specialty stores, and mass retail partners.

LICENSED PARTNERS

A DIVERSE PORTFOLIO

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ABOUT US

Located in Northern California, Fifth Sun has been a consistent leader in custom screen-printed apparel for over 25 years. We are internationally recognized as a progressive and creative supplier of trend right apparel in the retail industry for both brick-and-mortar as well as e-commerce. Fifth Sun prides itself on a diverse and unique portfolio of licensed, branded and private label product.

the art

Not only as a company but also fans, we track trends in art, music and fashion and incorporate them into the design process. We challenge our designers to take a creative and trend right approach to each license and this is what our licensors have come to expect from us. Throughout the process we continue to update the brand to suit the changing styles of the consumer.

the technology

Whether it’s empowering retail partners with vendor managed inventory, providing access to our proprietary enterprise level manufacturing software, offering unique API and EDI integrations for print-on-demand, or our bleeding edge printing technology — Fifth Sun is constantly innovating and keeping it’s partners well ahead of the industry curve.

groundbreaking innovations in print-on-demand technologieS for
e-commerce and traditional brick-and-mortar PARTNERS.

“Fifth Sun is the #1 Amazon Merch-On-Demand partner; And is 2 to 3 times larger than the next closest partner.”

RETAIL PARTNERS

With over 3,500 independent accounts, premium specialty stores, and mass retail partners, Fifth Sun is uniquely primed for market saturation or strategic rollouts at all levels of retail distribution.

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