Promo Products

Ariana Grande Is Selling Promotional Merchandise Via Snapchat
August 23, 2018 at 2:22 pm

Snapchat bills itself as “The fastest way to share a moment!,” but it could soon take on a second description—namely, “The quickest means to make money.” The theoretical addition comes courtesy of our reaction to the pastel tie-dye face mask that singer Ariana Grande is offering through the enormously popular multimedia messaging app. The 25-year-old…

Amazon's New Delivery Service Launches in Austin
August 22, 2018 at 1:26 pm

Amazon has been beefing up its own delivery service through the use of drones and robots for a little while now. Its latest venture, set to launch in Austin, Texas, is a bit more in-line with traditional delivery methods, but with a key twist that, as we covered, could shake up supply chains. In the…

Vantage Apparel Promotes Brian Deissroth to Eastern Regional Sales Director
August 22, 2018 at 12:18 pm

Vantage Apparel, Avenel, N.J., has appointed Brian Deissroth as eastern regional sales director. In this role, he will oversee the sales efforts of the company's regional sales team for all eastern accounts. Deissroth joined the Vantage sales team in March 2018 after spending more than 10 years with a…

Everyone's Favorite Baseball Nun Gets Bobblehead After White Sox First-Pitch Goes Viral
August 21, 2018 at 1:40 pm

Marian Catholic High School’s Sister Mary Jo Sobieck tossed a divine ceremonial first pitch at a Chicago White Sox game over the weekend, causing a social media stir. Always prompt to pounce on sports-related micro-moments, the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum is blessing the religious figure with a commemorative bobblehead...

How to Make Your Clients Look Like Stars With Gifts and Incentives
August 20, 2018 at 2:39 pm

A lot of people pride themselves on being excellent gift-givers. They believe their creativity and thoughtfulness puts them a step above the competition when it comes to finding the perfect present for friends or family. In the corporate gifting world, creativity and thoughtfulness are just as important when you’re giving for customer acquisition, employee recognition…

Notre Dame's New York Yankees Uniforms: Good Co-Branding Idea, Poor Execution
August 17, 2018 at 12:29 pm

Although the fanbases at the universities of Alabama and Michigan and Ohio State University would disagree, the University of Notre Dame has become synonymous with college football. The Fighting Irish have not claimed a national title in 30 years, but that hasn't diminished their marketing swagger, with the Shamrock Series, through which they engage in…

Let Disney Parks' New Merch Inspire Your Halloween Promotions
August 16, 2018 at 2:58 pm

We’ve said it before, and we’ll probably be saying it forever at this point, but The Walt Disney Co. knows the ins-and-outs of marketing just as well as they know the key to everyone’s childhood heart. This includes meeting the ever-changing demands of its ever-growing audience. We couldn’t help but notice all of the new…

New USPS Ruling Advances EnvyPak's Automation Letter Rate Approval
August 16, 2018 at 2:35 pm

EnvyPak, Columbus, Ohio, received another new ruling from the United States Postal Service that provides lower automation letter rates for a specifically-formatted, polypropylene envelope that now does not require an affixed mailing label, can be sealed with glue applied by lettershops and is fully machine-insertable. Using this specially formatted, Automation Letter Rate (ALR) clear poly…

Three Ways Distributors Can Protect Themselves from Counterfeits
August 16, 2018 at 2:02 pm

Have you heard of a General Exclusion Order (GEO)? If not, a GEO is a rare, but powerful solution granted by the U.S. International Trade Commission to prevent counterfeit importations. The order allows the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency to seize products that violate intellectual property rights and patents at the border, which has…