Promo Products
February 28, 2017 at 11:39 am
In the promotional products industry, brand visibility is the highest priority. If you can get your clients' brands in front of the public eye, you've done your job as a promotional products professional. But, if your client is a professional sports team who just won under shady circumstances, you might advise them to avoid giving…
February 28, 2017 at 11:03 am
S&S Activewear, Bolingbrook, Ill., leased an additional 187,000 square feet for expansion of its Robbinsville, N.J. location. Upon its completion by the end of February, the facility will total more than 480,000 square feet. The expansion is slated for operation within the next few weeks. “S&S now operates 1.7 million square feet across the country,”…
February 27, 2017 at 3:00 pm
Despite the big setbacks Samsung experienced with its Galaxy Note S7 and its batteries, the South Korean tech firm is looking forward to teasing its latest smartphone as soon as March. According to Tech Radar, Samsung is prepped to officially announce and detail its Galaxy S8 on March 29, with an April 21 release date.…
February 27, 2017 at 2:43 pm
While Pope Francis has been a popular and relatively accessible face of the Catholic church, Vatican officials are looking to crack down on the wide spread of Pope Francis merchandise,…
February 27, 2017 at 1:34 pm
KitchenHappy, Pontiac, Mich., maker of Snapi, the-single-handed-server, is adding new products and changing the company name to Tangico. “We’ve outgrown the kitchen, but we’re still happy,” said Jennifer Garrison, director of operations for Tangico. “We’ve invested in new equipment and streamlined our shop to meet the growing demand for our products.” The name Tangico was…
February 24, 2017 at 9:49 am
Promo Marketing’s Video Battle pits two industry videos against each other for the chance at the ultimate bragging right: Being declared our readership’s absolute favorite. (Next up: It's 71 degrees out in Philadelphia. It's February.) Last week, C2BPromo won again, and now will face off against Prime Line. The winner will be decided by a simple poll.…
February 24, 2017 at 9:24 am
Sonic Promos, Gaithersburg, Md., announced that it has signed a license agreement with PBS, America’s largest public media enterprise. This agreement will provide opportunities for nearly 350 local public television stations to utilize and co-brand PBS goods that support the brand, including PBS KIDS, PBS Digital Studios, PBS KIDS’ “Kart Kingdom” game and the “PBS…
February 23, 2017 at 2:29 pm
Source Abroad by Prime, the overseas and custom sourcing division of Prime Line, Bridgeport, Conn., has added 15 new items to its direct import line and launched a new, fully animated video showing off its capabilities. The new video, entitled "Source Abroad by Prime," was produced with distributors and end-buyers in mind. It demonstrates from start to…
February 23, 2017 at 2:15 pm
The Dhaka Apparel Summit is an event that works to benefit the textile and apparel industry in Bangladesh. But, some major apparel businesses, like H&M, Gap, Next and Zara, don't plan on attending this year's event, which begins on Saturday, because they feel that authorities in Bangladesh aren't doing enough to help employees dealing with…
February 23, 2017 at 1:59 pm
Yesterday, we reported that a U.K. retail outlet pulled its "The Walking Dead"-themed T-shirts after some customers took offense to the message's racist origin. The focus of the shirt was a baseball bat wrapped in barbed wire, which one character had been known to yield on the show. And, it turns out, this T-shirt wasn't…