Promo Products
Thermos LLC, Schaumburg, Ill., announced today its partnership with The Allen Company (aka Allen/ColorCraft) and Compass Industries Inc. to expand its reach into the promotional products market. Allen/ColorCraft, a supplier of drinkware in the promotional products market, will be distributing Thermos brand vacuum-insulated food and beverage containers within the promotional products industry in the U.S.,…
The organizers behind the Orange Bowl decided to add personalized novelty to the Dec. 29 College Football Playoff matchup, as each student-athlete appearing on a roster for the game will receive a bobblehead crafted in his likeness...
Halls & Company, Brooklyn Park, Minn., announced the appointment of its new regional sales manager, Dino Bartolomei. "We are really looking forward to Dino being a force in the industry representing Halls & Company and our capabilities," said Eric Johnson, vice president of sales for Halls & Company. "Dino has the right mix of industry…
Print journalism is having a tough time. You've probably read all about it, ironically, on some of these companies' websites. One thing that companies have done to urge people to subscribe to their publications is give out tote bags and other membership incentives. Totes from publications like the New Yorker and NPR have become statement…
Orbus Exhibit & Display Group, Woodbridge, Ill., will have senior field sales representative Bill Roman present an educational track at the 2019 PPAI Expo Education Session on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019, at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. The session is titled "Build Your Business Selling Exhibits & Displays," and will cover the basic tools and…
Given that Disney consistently ranks among the world’s most reputable companies, nobody should have expected that it would let admirers of its goods continue to defy regulations. Hoping to preserve the integrity of its merchandise, the company has intensified the revocation of annual passes held by personal shoppers, those individuals who profit off the sales of theme park-purchased items...
It seems that food-centric businesses are not going to stop until each one has contributed to the explosion of customized apparel and other promotional merch, which quite obviously is good news for the promo industry. And we are glad to report that Cinnabon has joined the mix, as the 33-year-old Georgia company launched a merch store that features 12 different items and showcases some creative branding...
BIC Graphic North America announced a new, exclusive partnership with Tervis Tumbler Company. BIC Graphic will launch Tervis items for sale to promotional products distributors beginning in December 2018. The supplier will offer low minimums, 24-hour turnaround times, dedicated service teams and five-business day standard service on Tervis drinkware...
Kid Rock has found himself in the public eye for two decades (as if we needed another reminder about how much older we are all growing), forging a career that has been high on hits and controversies. Meshing his penchants for issuing well-received music and ruffling feathers, the chart-topping artist and Michigan native last year…
Wins proved hard to come by for the Cincinnati Reds this past season, as their 67-95 record marked their sixth-straight losing campaign and landed them in the National League Central Division’s basement. Despite that futility, they had cause to celebrate on Thanksgiving Day, as only a few hours prior to the holiday, the Ohio Supreme…