Promo Products

PPEF Scholarship Awards Climb To $175,000 In 2017
July 12, 2017 at 12:04 pm

Promotional Products Association International (PPAI), Irving, Texas, today announced the Promotional Products Education Foundation (PPEF) 2017-2018 scholarship recipients. “PPEF is off to a record-breaking year with the most applications ever received and the most scholarship funds ever awarded," said Lori Bauer, PPEF chair. "The scholarship committee started with 540 applications and narrowed the awards down…

Kids Are Apparently Snorting Caffeinated Chocolate Products, So That's Not Good
July 11, 2017 at 3:11 pm

It sounds like a parody of an alarmist cable news report: Are your children snorting caffeinated chocolate powder for fun? Find out at 6. Well, this isn't cable news. And you don't have to wait until 6. Children are snorting caffeinated chocolate powder for fun. The product, Coco Loko, is made from cacao powder and caffeine.…

Facilisgroup Announces New Partner
July 11, 2017 at 2:03 pm

George Andrie & Associates Inc., Waco, Texas has joined Facilisgroup’s community of promotional products distributor partners. The company was started in 1979 by former Dallas Cowboys player George Andrie and his wife, Mary Lou. The business is still family-owned, and is now run by Andrie’s son, George, and his wife, Gina. “We joined Facilisgroup because…

Cotton Candy Joins QCA Distributor Advocacy Council
July 7, 2017 at 1:09 pm

Quality Certification Alliance (QCA), Chicago, the promotional product industry’s only independent, non-governmental accreditation organization dedicated to helping companies provide safe products, has expanded its Distributor Advocacy Council (DAC) with the addition of Mississauga, Ontario-based Cotton Candy. The DAC mission is to elevate the standards by which firms that import and manufacture products are consistently delivering…

Why Cubs Fans Waited Hours in the Rain for a Bobblehead
July 7, 2017 at 12:48 pm

When a franchise’s fans endure an agonizing period between championships, one might expect that waiting an additional two months for an item that commemorates the conclusion of the undesired delay would…

How Mark Cuban Could Be Saving the Hoverboard
July 6, 2017 at 2:38 pm

It seems the Consumer Product Safety Commission damnation and multiple tragedies caused by hoverboards weren't enough to fully take them off the market, as the hoverboard is getting the "Shark Tank" (or Dallas Mavericks) treatment. Just make sure you don't call this model a toy, because it's seriously meant for serious adults, apparently. Business Mogul…

Explosion at Bangladesh Garment Factory Kills 13, Injures Dozens
July 6, 2017 at 2:21 pm

At least 13 people are dead and dozens are injured after a boiler explosion at a garment facility near Dhaka, Bangladesh, Al Jazeera reported. The blast happened late Monday at a plant operated by Multifabs while it was undergoing maintenance. The boiler, which was located in a tin-roofed shed, damaged a nearby three-floor building. [caption…

Prime Line Launches 2017 Awareness Collection
July 6, 2017 at 1:58 pm

Prime Line, Bridgeport, Conn., has released its 2017 Awareness Collection featuring a new breast cancer awareness bundle of event-themed products across multiple platforms, including a digital catalog. Prime Line’s Awareness Collection features many items to promote breast cancer awareness and other causes. The 12-page Awareness Collection catalog features 49 items from the Prime Line and…

Balenciaga Is Back With a $1,100 Tote Made to Look Like a Paper Bag
July 5, 2017 at 2:17 pm

Remember how Balenciaga was selling that bag that looked an awful lot like Ikea shopping bags for the extremely reasonable price of $2,000? Well, it seems the high-end company has created another product that looks like your run-of-the-mill shopping bag, but at an exorbitant price. This is the $1,100 Balencia bag.…