Promo Products
June 13, 2017 at 2:35 pm
With an increasing number of consumers lacing up their sneakers and tracking their fitness efforts, it’s no surprise that wearables are seeing a huge surge. In 2015, 39.5 million U.S. adults…
June 12, 2017 at 2:12 pm
Hub Pen Company, Braintree, Mass.; and Beacon Promotions, New Ulm, Minn., announced that Beacon Promotions’s Brad Castleman has joined Hub Pen Company’s sales team as business development associate. Castleman has been with Beacon Promotions for more than three years with the…
June 9, 2017 at 2:00 pm
So, remember how that high-end fashion company made a bag that looked frighteningly similar to IKEA's blue shopping bags? Also, you might remember that IKEA had a really great response to the subject, too. Well,it seems the fact that its plastic shopping bags are now considered high fashion has gone to the Swedish furniture company's…
June 7, 2017 at 2:08 pm
EMT, Indianapolis, announced the passing of its founder, Steve Weinstein, after a decades-long battle with multiple illnesses on May 29. Steve’s knowledge and work ethic lives in his management team and employees. Toward the end, he worked tirelessly to transition his role to his team, led by chief operations officer Phil Saks. [caption id="attachment_97790" align="aligncenter"…
June 7, 2017 at 10:59 am
Hello again, fellow promotional professionals. For my blog this week, I wanted to share some new promotional products that caught my attention. Were there any awesome promotions I missed that you think I should have included? Let me know in the comments section! 1. NASA Retro Merchandise According…
June 6, 2017 at 2:04 pm
BIC Graphic North America, Clearwater, Fla., announced that its parent company, BIC Group, has signed an asset and share purchase agreement to sell its North American promotional products division and Asian sourcing division (BGNA) to an affiliate of H.I.G. Capital (H.I.G.), a global U.S. private equity firm. “We are excited about partnering with H.I.G. for…
June 6, 2017 at 1:51 pm
People love McDonald's. This is known. You can go pretty much anywhere in the world, and you'll see the golden arches somewhere. (As Vincent Vega in "Pulp Fiction" taught us, some countries change the item names a little bit, too.) So, it makes perfect sense that McDonald's wants to monetize that global hype every now and then.…
June 6, 2017 at 1:23 pm
The Pittsburgh-based Pro Towels family announced that Superior Decorating, Camarillo, Calif., is moving its Western U.S. location to a brand new facility in Las Vegas. Due to the growth of the company and the need to expand production, it is now moving to a more modern and larger facility that will give it room to…
June 5, 2017 at 2:04 pm
After the tragic attack at the Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, U.K., on May 22, Grande put together the "One Love for Manchester" benefit concert for June 4. To commemorate the show, Universal Music Group authorized vendors who would earmark product proceeds to the British Red Cross's We Love Manchester Emergency Fund. But, the company…
June 2, 2017 at 1:32 pm
EcoPlum, a New York City-based sustainable promotional products and e-commerce company, introduced eco-friendly skincare items available for customized branding. EcoPlum Business Gifts now offers a variety of lip balms, hand lotion, sunscreen and body butters. The new environmentally friendly skincare…