Promo Products
October 19, 2017 at 1:52 pm
Toddy Gear, Chicago, announced its recent hire of Sandy Senn, who has joined the Toddy Gear team as an account manager. In her role, Senn is tasked with strategically building sales revenue with new customers while growing sales with the company’s current clients. “I am excited about starting the next phase of my career with…
October 18, 2017 at 2:34 pm
The ongoing battle between smaller craft breweries and bigger companies, which we saw with the branded drinkware legal case in Florida, is raging on. Small companies are tired of big companies like Anheuser-Busch InBev and MillerCoors using their financial clout to eclipse the rest of the smaller companies in the industry. To combat that, a…
October 13, 2017 at 2:13 pm
Apple seems to be doing its best to catch up to the rest of the smartphone world in terms of accessories. With the new iPhone 8 and upcoming iPhone X (pronounced "ten," mind you), we're seeing Apple finally join the wireless charging party. This is a huge deal for promotional products companies who create charging…
October 13, 2017 at 2:01 pm
Fidget spinners burst (or spun. Fidgeted?) onto the scene in a meteoric fashion. It was impossible to avoid them. Kids were playing with them at school, on the bus, at home, everywhere. They're one of those toys we'll look back on and remember as a cultural phenomenon on the level of pogs, devil sticks and…
October 12, 2017 at 2:14 pm
Celebrity endorsements are great. Having a well-known and respected face attached to a product (literally speaking, if they're on the packaging) is a surefire way to attract customers and earn consumer trust without them even having to use the product first. It is, generally speaking, a rule of thumb to let said celebrity know their…
October 12, 2017 at 1:15 pm
Many companies captivate consumers by regularly adding promotional components to their offerings, with McDonald’s Happy Meals and cereal manufacturers’ box inserts particularly resonating with yours truly. (Does anyone else…
October 11, 2017 at 2:15 pm
Marvel canceled a proposed partnership with defense contractor Northrop Grumman after getting an angry reaction from fans. The partnership, which was planned to coincide with New York Comic Con last weekend, was to include a digital and print comic depicting Northrop Grumman as an affiliate of Tony Stark (Iron Man, in case he managed to…
October 9, 2017 at 1:35 pm
We told you about how "Rick and Morty" fans were so amped up about McDonald's Szechuan sauce that the fast food chain brought it back for one day only, right? It turns out the single-day promotion wasn't good enough for fans of the cartoon, as many restaurants ran out of the sauce almost immediately, finding…
October 9, 2017 at 11:36 am
Pro Towels, Pittsburgh, announced a new addition to its sales team. Nick Chipchase with Mac Marketing will cover Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee. He will represent products from each company in the Pro Towels family: Pro Towels, Kanata Blanket, Neet Feet and…
October 6, 2017 at 11:24 am
Promotional Products Association International (PPAI), has announced the election of its newest members. Lori Kates, president of IMAGEN Brands, and Todd Pottebaum, MAS+, president of Quality Resource Group, Inc., have been elected to the PPAI Board of Directors. They will begin their four-year terms immediately following The PPAI Expo 2018 in January. “Lori and Todd’s…
