Badges, Buttons & Lanyards
November 2, 2022 at 11:03 am
Kura Sushi Bar, a restaurant chain that specializes in a rotating conveyer belt of deliciousness, just partnered with Tetris for a collection of restaurant prizes, packaging and consumer products. The thing with Kura is that it's as much a game as it is a dining experience. There's a system in the restaurant where customers insert…
August 25, 2021 at 12:40 pm
Nothing can stop our constant quest to find the most fun promotional products each week. This time, our five favorite promotional products includes Nike sneakers modeled after our favorite convenience store, Netflix home decor, Drake's designer college apparel and more...
April 21, 2021 at 11:01 am
Earth Day is April 22, and there are plenty of ways to celebrate. (Even just going for a walk in the park and paying special attention to the sounds of nature around you would work.) This week's edition of the Fave 5 includes some Earth Day themed apparel, as well as lanyards for cats and more...
April 12, 2021 at 11:43 am
Brighter days lie just ahead, as in-person trade shows slowly return, sports teams welcome fans back to the stands and more summer events are announced each day. Optimism fills the air with events coming back in 2021, and you need to be ready to represent your brand. SnugZ USA is here to help with everything…
August 18, 2020 at 12:14 pm
With the Democratic National Convention going virtual, organizers had an opportunity to expand the merchandise offering a bit. There are still plenty of Milwaukee-centric items, touching on local culture like dairy farming and using the outline of Wisconsin, but there are things that play into the nationwide viewership...
April 9, 2020 at 1:47 pm
While many sales other than PPE have grinded to a near stop, we’re still processing quite a few orders daily and wanted to share with everyone what it is that we still see selling. As a manufacturer of badges and nameplates and small signage, we process orders for a multitude of different markets across the…
March 18, 2020 at 11:27 am
Claire Jerry, Ph.D., is a political history curator at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. She joined the show to talk about some of the best (and weirdest) items in the collection and discuss 2020 campaign merch trends she's seen. Sean and Brendan talk "Sexy Joe Biden" merch and other 2020 items...
February 24, 2020 at 1:15 pm
To anyone who thinks promo items are nothing but "trinkets and trash," may we refer you to the curators at the Smithsonian? They're tracking down promotional items from the 2020 Presidential Election to document them as part of a long-running collection of American election merchandise...
January 7, 2020 at 2:11 pm
Owing to the enduring popularity of the Harry Potter books and movies, related promotional products and merchandise related have proven mainstays for some time. That regard led Adam Hill, an employee of the Harry Potter studio tour, to lift more than $48,000 in branded merch from the tour shop between Dec. 2017 and March 2018, reselling the items on eBay...
November 12, 2018 at 2:55 pm
Gather round, dear readers. It's time for another edition of Promo Marketing's "Great Moments in Promo History," which is totally going to be a thing now. The topic of this second edition of our historical exploration is buttons. Not just any buttons, mind you. It's the story of how Elvis' manager and incredible-name-haver Colonel Tom…
