Lakeshirts

The Lakeshirts story starts more than 30 years ago when two childhood friends, Mark Fritz and Mike Hutchinson, started printing shirts in Mark’s parents’ basement to sell on Detroit Lakes mile long beach. At that time, the company consisted of two teenagers, a couple dogs, a homemade plywood printer, two secondhand kitchen ovens, and cookie sheets for curing the ink. The product line included a handful of screen-print designs that were sold at the small beach store and custom artwork for local resorts, restaurants and businesses. We didn’t have many rules back then other than no beer until after 8 pm, no Frank Zappa while customers were around and lastly, no leaving until the orders were out the door. After over 34 years of business, our goal is to be an exceptional company. Exceptional companies are very rare. We strive to exceed not only our customers’ expectations, but bring value to all our stakeholders - customers, employees, vendors, owners, and the community we call home.