Promo Products

Billboard announced that it would not count albums bundled with merchandise and concert tickets toward its album and song charts. Artists can still offer those items, but only if they're treated as separate add-ons. It's all kind of confusing, but it's part of Billboard's continuing efforts to restore the sanctity of its charts...

We're working on a fun little story involving "The Office" and promotional products that have appeared on the show. Stay tuned for that! In the meantime, here are some promotional products we noticed this week that have nothing to do with Dunder Mifflin Paper Company but are still very neat...

Many of you reading this are wondering where to get more sales. There are only four possibilities for creating more sales. In order of the easiest sale they are: Sell an existing product to an existing customer. Sell a new product to an existing customer. Sell an existing product to a new customer. Sell a…

Now that college athletes can profit from their names and likenesses, it's opened the door for e-commerce platforms like The Players Trunk, created by two University of Michigan students. Former players can sell team-issued items, game-worn jerseys and more things they've picked up during their college careers.

Sourcing PPE, while lucrative for promo businesses, has also been challenging. Things could get a bit tougher now, as flooding has impacted major production hubs in China, including those manufacturing PPE for shipment to the U.S. The city of Wuhan, along with the provinces of Anhui, Jiangxi and Zhejiang, declared red alerts...

​DiscountMugs.com, Medley, Fla., has created a small business assistance program to help businesses impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. Six diverse businesses were selected in South Florida and awarded a combined $12,000 in customized promotional items from DiscountMugs.com. These items vary from face masks, contactless thermometers, hand sanitizer, shirts, coffee mugs, backpacks and tote bags with…

Raise your hand if you're tired of hearing the terms "PPE" and "COVID." Did you hear that? That was the collective sound of the entire promo industry raising their hands at the same time. All jokes aside, masks and other PPE gear will very likely be here to stay for a long time. The question…

HALO Branded Solutions, Sterling, Ill., announced that industry distributor Meyer-Dunlap has affiliated with the company. Meyer-Dunlap, founded in 2010 by Kirk Meyer and Craig Dunlap, is one of the most prominent promotional products distributors in North Texas...

The FDA has added to its list of potentially harmful hand sanitizer products, bringing the list to a new total of 75 products potentially containing methanol. The list still only includes products manufactured in Mexico, and the FDA has implemented an import alert on Friday for some products, in addition to the recalls and recommended recalls...

To try to create across-the-board regulation in stores, the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) sent a letter to President Trump asking for national face mask usage standards to protect retail workers and customers. If such standards were put in place, it could have benefits for promotional products companies...