Promo Products

Counterfeit merchandise has become a big concern at sporting events, like the Super Bowl and MLB All-Star Game. The Olympic Games, arguably the largest sporting event in the world, is combating possible counterfeit efforts…

Deluxe Corp., Shoreview, Minn., parent company of Dallas-based Safeguard, recently acquired InkHead.com, a Winder, Georgia-based online technology company focused exclusively on the advertising specialty market. Deluxe Corp. hopes that adding InkHead.com to its portfolio will strengthen Deluxe Corp.'s presence in the online market, a growing medium with digital online sales having surpassed 20 percent of the…

As we discussed last week, augmented reality apps, like the immensely popular "Pokemon Go," are on the rise. Tech giants basically are throwing money at augmented reality development. Now, Pantone just released a new app, Pantone Studio, for the iPhone on Tuesday. The app includes color guides, and, even cooler, a "color picker," which allows…

After receiving three reports that young children lacerated their mouths while drinking out of reusable stainless steel drinking straws, Seattle-based Starbucks decided to recall them. The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) reported that Starbucks sold approximately…

The Premier Group announced that Skylight Creative Ideas, Bel Air, Md., joined the group. Skylight Creative Ideas, owned by Bob Titelman Sr. and Bob Titelman Jr., has been in the industry for 39 years. "We at Skylight appreciate this opportunity to join the Premier Group," the Titelmans said in a statement. "We look forward to…

The Hillary Clinton campaign team took action to modify four offensive campaign pins, according to The Weekly Standard. Forty-five artists and graphic designers created a collection of pins for Clinton's online store, but the public took offense with Polish artist Agniezka Gasparska's collection of pins. The pins in question all followed the same format and hinted that…

Well, folks, August is here. For many of us, that's last call on summer. Students are going back to school, the sun is out a for a slightly shorter amount of time than it was in July and, before we know it, we'll be wearing jackets to walk to work once again. But, all is…

Leaderpromos, a Columbus, Ohio-based distributor, announced its expansion in the Chicago market to better accommodate its rapidly expanding customer base in the Midwest. The new office space, located in Chicago, will provide space for new hires—Ben Turry, director of sales and relationship management; and Rory Fitzgerald, client relations manager—as well as accommodate future growth in…

More than 20 years ago, before we started Clothpromotions, we were the very first supplier to use microfiber cloths as business cards. In 2000, we conceptualized using microfiber cloths as promotional items—Opper Fiber, which happened to be for a political campaign. The 2016 presidential candidates have spent millions of dollars on promotional products so far.…

This article is the last in a three-part series about using visualization to achieve your goals. Last time, I mentioned that, during our waking hours, we deal with approximately 8 million bits of information. Our brains filter out the information they're not aware we need. When we practice visualization by vividly picturing our goals, we…