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Promo Marketing’s Video Battle pits two industry videos against each other for the chance at the ultimate bragging right: Being declared our readership’s absolute favorite. (Next up: Our whole team made it back from Vegas in one piece!) Due to technical issues (aka someone had a little too much fun in Vegas and spilled a margarita…

We've been reporting on the ongoing saga surrounding Los Angeles-based American Apparel's restructure application and the $300 million takeover bid from ousted CEO Dov Charney. Now, sources are reporting that the board of American Apparel has rejected the takeover bid. According to Bloomberg, the bid will still go to court on Jan. 20, where American…

Vistaprint, Lexington, Mass., announced the launch of Local Listings, a new way for businesses to get listed everywhere their customers are looking online. The new tool provides a complement to the company's printed marketing material offerings, and enhances Vistaprint's digital suite. Vistaprint has found that website customers who also have a Local Listings profile see…

Mexican cartel kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman has been all over the news since his escape from prison and his recent arrest. Apparetly, El Chapo's family wanted his name to appear on more than newspaper headlines and wanted posters. According to The…

Macy’s said last week that it would eliminate about 4,500 jobs, or about 3 percent of its work force, in a major restructuring drive. It said slumping holiday season sales had hurt its bottom line. The department store chain’s holiday woes were a harbinger of what could be a difficult winter for retailing. The consumer…

Hundreds of companies flock to Las Vegas each January to make their marks on the tech industry in a given year, but one company remains absent. Apple doesn't attend CES, at least not officially, but the company's influence looms over the annual tech convention at nearly every turn, particularly the wearable segment. While it was…

SanMar, Issaquah, Wash., launched its 2016 product collection, which is geared toward the upcoming spring selling opportunities with an infusion of new polos, tees, fitness gear, bags and caps. The 83 new products are featured in the 2016 New Arrivals catalog and available on www.sanmar.com. Highlights of the latest launch include: Port Authority blazers for…

David Bowie was a master of every kind of drag. Unafraid to play fast and loose with gender, he reinvented himself endlessly, with each new incarnation inspiring boys and girls to copy his fashion as well as his sound. In 1970, on the cover of The Man Who Fell to Earth, he was an effete street urchin…

Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell has a lovely and thought-provoking piece on Dolce & Gabbana’s new fashion line for Muslim women. She points out that high-end hijabs and abayas are a good business bet: “In 2011, Reuters reported that Arab women were the biggest buyers of haute couture, and they continue to dominate a market that only serves…

Promotional Products Association International (PPAI) recognized Prime Line, Bridgeport, Conn., with four awards during its national trade show event, PPAI Expo, in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Jan. 12. Prime Line partnered with ProMark Agency Division, Promo Marketing’s custom publishing and creative services division, to create a comprehensive print and video marketing campaign in 2015. The…