Awards & Gifts

For its latest promotional marketing effort, Whisps, the cheese snack company, will have its “award-winning cheese carver” turn any user submitted image into a 100% edible cheese sculpture. It can be anything: a person, a pet, an inanimate object, another piece of cheese. Each custom carving costs $200, but there are stock designs for $49.99...

Custom Ink announced today that it has acquired Swag.com, a branded merchandise and corporate gifting company whose tech-enabled "swag distribution" model is similar to that of the gifting-as-a-service companies we've seen recently. Swag.com founders Jeremy Parker and Josh Orbach will stay on staff leading the company within the Custom Ink umbrella...

It's cold in Philly, but we aren't letting that stop us from our sworn duty to provide you with a quality list of five promotional products that made us laugh, think and say, “That’s neat.” This week, the lineup includes Guy Fieri's University of Flavortown merch, UNO sneakers, Dua Lipa Christmas ornaments and more...

Nick Lateur, director of national accounts for specialty brands at HPG Brands, said that the best time to start thinking about year-end and holiday gifts would have been “like, a month ago.” That's true—but there's still time if you act fast and know what's selling. Here are some ideas for year-end and holiday promotions...

Brendan went to a wedding this weekend and received a lovely can cooler, but he forgot it at the venue before he could chronicle it for the Faves. But worry not, dear reader: Our five favorite promotional products list still features a bunch of good stuff, including T-shirts dyed with onion, Tim Hortons merch and more...

Award shows always go all-out for the gift suites for nominees. This year’s Emmy Awards event is no exception, with merchandising experts estimating that the gift set is worth $104,825.98. It was also filled with luxury versions of various promo favorites, plus a personal photo printer from HP...

The MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) are one of the bigger award ceremonies for the music industry. So, you’d guess that the attendees, presenters and nominees would receive a pretty solid gift set, right? You’d be correct. And this set, unlike some we've seen for other award shows, seems like it contains items recipients will actually use...

Precision Crystal Gifts and Awards announced the release of its Shopify app. For promotional products and trophy distributors using Shopify to host their online store, the app allows the addition of Precision Crystal’s catalog information and photos to their store with the click of a button...

More than 150 participants had a front-row seat at AIA Corporation’s annual National Sales Meeting this month. Hosted virtually for the second year in a row, Unite 2021: The Promo Evolution was packed with educational sessions, industry guest speakers, interactive workshops and more...

Too often, gift purchases are left to the last minute and end up with someone running to the nearest big‐box store or searching the internet for gifts. The result: ROI is much less than it could have been. But gifting programs can be easy and effective if you follow these simple steps...