Promo Products

commonsku Ignites Imaginations at Third Annual skucamp Conference
October 1, 2019 at 11:24 am

commonsku, a promotional products business and sales software platform, hosted its third annual skucamp conference in Pittsburgh. More than 120 supplier and distributor entrepreneurs arrived from as far away as Australia to attend the third annual skucamp, a bootcamp-style conference designed to help entrepreneurs reboot and re-imagine their business. The conference sessions were kicked off…

Rise of the Supplier One-Stop Shop (and What It Means for the Promo Industry)
September 30, 2019 at 12:34 pm

As the promo industry continues to consolidate, the one-stop-shop supplier model appears to be the future. What does it mean for distributors—and for everyone else? We talked to suppliers on both sides of the model to see how it's reshaping the way they do business, and checked in with a few distributors for their thoughts...

Hub Pen Announces Rebrand After 65 Years
September 27, 2019 at 2:04 pm

Hub Pen Company, Braintree, Mass., has rebranded. After 65 years, the brand still stands by the same principles of quality product and customer service, but now the company has refreshed its logo, website and entire visual identity. In 2017, Hub Pen…

Facilisgroup Names Whitney Meahl New Director of Stores
September 27, 2019 at 1:37 pm

As St. Louis, Missouri-based Facilisgroup continues to focus on delivering business growth for its partners, it is looking to evaluate and evolve its current e-commerce offering. To lead this initiative, Facilisgroup welcomed Whitney Meahl as director…

Chicago White Sox Tap Young Cancer Survivor to Design Promo T-shirt
September 26, 2019 at 1:18 pm

The White Sox asked 9-year-old Bradley Godish, who has fought acute myeloid leukemia since 2014, to design the T-shirt for pitcher Michael Kopech's youth cancer fundraiser. Having had links to the franchise since 2015, the now cancer-free boy met Kopech at an event last year, immediately gravitating toward the pitcher...

Chocolate Inn/Lanco Announces New Relationship With M&M's Retail Group
September 25, 2019 at 1:50 pm

Chocolate Inn/Lanco, Hicksville, N.Y., announced yesterday that it has partnered with Mars Retail Group to represent the company's MYM&M's line in the promotional products industry. The initial offering from Chocolate Inn/Lanco will allow customers to choose three colors from a selection of 25, offer an array of packaging options and...

Mastercard Now Has Promotional Macarons to Launch Its 'Brand Flavor'
September 25, 2019 at 1:40 pm

Mastercard believes it needed a "brand flavor." So it launched promotional macarons, which come in “passion” and “optimism” flavors and are shaped like the circles in Mastercard’s logo. It follows several moves by the financial services company to update and diversify its branding...

Dear Entertainment Brands: Enough With the Spoilers on Merchandise, Please
September 24, 2019 at 2:04 pm

Spoiler alert! Today we're going to look into how promotional products and merchandise can accidentally (maybe) spoil details in movies, video games and more. Yes, most of the time these are tiny details of little to no consequence, but with the abundance of marketing for movies nowadays, there's bound to be something that slips through…