Promo Products

The Biden Campaign wasted no time at all creating a branded fly swatter after a fly landed on Vice President Mike Pence’s head for a moment during the debate last night. By the time we saw that the “Truth Over Flies Fly Swatter” existed, it was already too late. The campaign sold 15,000 by midnight, and 35,000 altogether. For better or for worse, this is the current state of political merchandising...

Garland Writing Instruments, Coventry, R.I., announced this week that it will be closing for good as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. You might recognize Garland as the company that manufactured the pens that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi used to sign the articles of impeachment against Donald Trump earlier this year...

The nationwide tour Dave's Killer Bread planned around National Grilling Day on July 22 didn’t happen, but the company went online to encourage people to sign up for its “Toaster Talk” newsletter. From there, the company sent a call-to-action to register to receive a free hamburger bun kit packaged in a printed box. The results were pretty spectacular...

SnugZ USA, West Jordan, Utah, announced that it has partnered with Thermos LLC, becoming the exclusive Thermos supplier in the promotional products industry. SnugZ will offer a variety of Thermos' vacuum insulated hot and cold beverage containers, hydration bottles, food containers and Lifefactory drinkware. “SnugZ has grown to become a leading player in the promotional…

It's the spookiest time of year, but you know what isn’t scary? Promotional products. We can’t think of a single nightmare we’ve had about them. If you’re a distributor, you’ve probably had a few involving missed shipments or something like that. Or maybe you’ve even had a dream about a bobblehead that came to life. Actually, that’s not a bad movie idea. Anyway, here's the Fave 5...

Following President Trump's positive COVID-19 diagnosis, subsequent hospital stay and reported release, the White House Gift Shop has added an item called “Historic Moments in History Coin” that commemorates “President Donald J. Trump [defeating] COVID with icons of his entire first term.” The first 1,500 people who buy the $100 coin will also receive a “Presidential Blue PPE mask"...

Remember that six-foot cooler that Dos Equis released so we could all still enjoy each others’ company at a backyard cookout but maintain social distancing? A lot of people might tell you that Labor Day is the end of cookout season, but Dos Equis is making an effort to “save our Saturdays” by re-releasing the Seis-foot cooler and introducing a few more fun products...

To spread the word about the new addition of Hidden Valley Ranch to its chicken strips and salad options, Dairy Queen dropped a line of branded merchandise that includes a cornhole board, a 1,000-piece puzzle, a paint-by-numbers kit and a cross-stitch kit. While not billed as such, the collection is clearly designed with the stay-at-home crowd in mind...

More and more events are figuring out that promotional products remain a key part of their strategy—and figuring out how to deliver them to virtual attendees. Crain's New York Business just ran a story on it, namedropping a whole bunch of events that are going this route, including the New York City Wine & Food Festival and New York Comic Con, both happening virtually in October...

Tru Art Advertising Calendars and Cedar Crest Manufacturing have announced the release of their paired catalog, “Paper to Pen.” The collection features items from Tru Art’s newly-expanded line of non-dated products and a selection of pens from Cedar Crest’s line carefully curated to complement them. The catalog serves as a convenient one-stop shop for a…