Promo Products

There have been two major legislative decisions this week in Jersey, both of which have potential repercussions for the promo industry. Yesterday, Gov. Phil Murphy signed into law a ban on single-use plastic bags, paper bags, plastic straws and other plastic packaging. And the state voted on Tuesday to legalize recreational cannabis in the state...

Everybody feeling OK? Did you at least get a few hours of sleep? We’ve been refreshing the news just like everyone else, but it’s good to step away for a second and decompress. What better way to momentarily check out than looking at some fun and creative promotional products? We can’t think of anything more fun and relaxing (except maybe mini golf)...

Amy Rabideau has joined eXtendTech, Montville, N.J., a NetSuite application provider with a focus on the promotional products industry, as senior project director. Rabideau has more than 20 years of experience on both the supplier and distributor sides of the promotional products industry, and is most recently the former director of purchasing at Summit Group.…

In business, creating good habits creates a snowball effect. When you make little changes and stick with them, they become habits. Those practices, in turn, become the way you do business every day. And those small changes create more efficient workflow processes, which can make your business more profitable and productive...

While we’re patiently counting down the days until top suppliers and distributors get together for our Back to Business Virtual Power Meeting: Fall Edition, we wanted to highlight five top products from suppliers who will be at the event. This is just a small sampling of the promotional solutions that will be on display...

To bring trick-or-treating directly to the kids this year in a safe way, Reese's is using a remote-controlled door that will dispense king sized Peanut Butter Cups. The Hershey Company has a rich history of fun promotional campaigns involving automation, including a vending machine at SXSW that exchanged promotional products for Hershey's branded ones...

The unboxing experience is a top industry trend, as promotional products professionals review revenue operations and look for new ways to get branded products into the hands of customers. Jeff Lederer, president of the hard goods division of alphabroder | Prime Line, Trevose, Pa., asked, “What do our customers need?” This was the inspiration for…

The Specialty Advertising Association of Greater New York (SAAGNY) board of directors, in accordance with the association bylaws, elected three directors to serve as officers in 2021. All terms begin Jan. 1, 2021. The 2021 Executive Committee will include...

The biggest TikTok sensation right now is a pen. Specifically, a Sharpie pen that has more than a million TikTok users obsessed with the smooth gel ink and comfortable grip. TikTok user Jackie Brown recently posted a video of herself hunting for the pen that “glides across paper like Kristi Yamaguchi used to on ice."...

Since we’ve had that little bit of extra time to breathe this week, we found some pretty fun and interesting promotional products. This week's edition of the Fave 5 includes blankets for outdoor dining, Dodgers World Series face masks and more...