Promo Products
The Chips Ahoy marketing team must have become jealous of the coverage that Promo Marketing has given to fellow Mondelez International asset Oreo through this website. That must be the reason that the cookie brand has decided to release the Cookie Rig, a product so preposterous that we have to declare it the summer’s craziest…
In a move that further enhances its current partnership with NAPCO Media and creates unprecedented value for the industry, the Specialty Graphic Imaging Association (SGIA) today announced that it has acquired NAPCO Media. Under the terms of the agreement, which has been unanimously approved by SGIA’s Board of Directors, NAPCO Media—parent company of Promo Marketing,…
Funny how trends work, isn't it? Everything that was once old, outdated and uncool are now the most sought after items. Remember how people thought vinyl records were an antiquated medium after the birth of CDs and MP3’s? Just about everyone you see on the street these days has a smartphone with a touch screen.…
Chocolate Inn/Lanco, Hicksville, N.Y., has added contract printing services to its roster of customization capabilities and products for the promotional products industry. These new services, offered under the name Lanco Contract Printing Services, will provide complex decorating processes, including vibrant, multi-colored screen printing; 3-D embroidery; specialty inks like glitter, metallic and glow-in-the-dark; heat transfers (including…
In something of a role reversal for Mitch McConnell, whose own campaign made a pretty penny on "Cocaine Mitch" gear earlier this year, the Kentucky Democratic Party is cashing in big time on "Moscow Mitch" merchandise. The Kentucky Dems started up a "Moscow Mitch" web store, offering T-shirts, a brass Moscow Mule mug, a shot glass, stickers, buttons and a Cossack hat...
Proforma, Cleveland, held its inaugural Technology User Conference from July 21-24 at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center in Orlando, Fla. The conference’s theme, “Envision,” brought together thought leaders, technology innovators, executives, supplier partners, current affiliate owners and prospective new affiliate owners seeking to improve their organizations using the Proforma's business management platform. “Business success…
Orbus Exhibit & Display Group, Woodridge, Ill., spent the last six months fundraising for the Leukemia and Lymphoma society, and recently presented the organization with a donation of $9,000. Fundraising efforts included company-wide casual dress buy-in, shamrock grams and a chili cook-off. In order to make fundraising efforts successful, Orbus' Social and Cultural Committee organizes…
BIC Graphic North America, Clearwater, Fla., announced that it has formed a new partnership with Cap America, Fredericktown, Mo. Beginning tomorrow, BIC Graphic will stock 11 Cap America styles. It was exactly a month ago that that BIC Graphic announced a similar partnership with HanesBrands Inc., which marked the supplier's first foray into the soft goods category...
Promotional Products Education Foundation (PPEF), Irving, Texas, recently awarded the Jayne Emoff Miller scholarship to a future graduate of Ohio University. Miller was the former owner of Shumsky Promotional, located in Dayton, Ohio. She was a second-generation owner of Shumsky from the mid-1980s…
Goldstar, San Diego, Calif., announced yesterday the creation of Goldstar Global, a united effort between the company's North American and European teams. As part of the launch, the company announced that Howard Cubberly, previously general manager of the North American division, would…