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Last Chance to Vote! PM Video Battle: KTI Networks/KTI Promo Versus RushImprint
April 1, 2016 at 5:50 pm

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: Your shoelace is untied. Gotcha.) Last week, KTI Networks/KTI Promo won, and now will face RushImprint. The winner will be decided by a simple poll. The poll will close…

If You Aren't Reinventing the Future, the Future Will Reinvent You
March 31, 2016 at 6:11 pm

Where will you be when things settle down? A great number of marginal performers will be gone. Those who have not innovated will be gone. Those who have not created value for their clients will be gone. But a lot of us will be standing, and will be better, stronger and more equipped for success.…

Geiger and MBF Perry Company Announce Affiliation
March 31, 2016 at 3:49 pm

MBF Perry Company, Hoover, Ala., announced that it has joined Lewiston, Maine-based Geiger as an affiliate. For more than 20 years, MBF Perry Co. has provided award-winning strategies for printing solutions, promotional products, marketing and apparel to clients all over the country. By affiliating with Geiger, MBF Perry Company's co-founders, Bill and Melanie Perry, and…

Supporters Flock to Buy 'Birdie Sanders' Merchandise
March 30, 2016 at 6:02 pm

On Friday, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders had a Disney princess moment at a rally in Oregon. During his speech, a bird flew around him and eventually landed on the podium. "I know it doesn't look like it, but that bird is really a dove asking us for world peace," responded Sanders. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jc2TVLoxsDA #BirdieSanders soon began…

Check Out the Merch Table
March 29, 2016 at 5:32 pm

I listen to a lot of music, and I've been to more shows than I can count (many of which were in basements and certainly broke fire codes). Because of this, I have my fair share of concert and band tees. Recently, we reported a few stories about music merchandise—a new app lets music fans…

NFL, Fanatics Work to Create 'Micro Moment' Merchandise
March 29, 2016 at 4:04 pm

Yesterday, we reported that Fanatics scrambled to get Syracuse University Final Four T-shirts ready as soon as possible. Now, the NFL wants to get in on that instant action with Fanatics. According to ESPN, the NFL extended its deal with Fanatics and…

Raining Rose Inc. Receives B Corp Certification
March 29, 2016 at 3:22 pm

Raining Rose Inc., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has become a certified B Corporation (B Corp), and joins more than 1,600 businesses in 120 industries and nearly 50 countries with the same recognition. Certified B Corporations meet the highest standards of social and environmental performance, transparency, and accountability. They legally are required to comprehensively measure their impacts…

Butler Street, NAPCO Media Announce Print and Digital Companies with the Highest Customer Loyalty
March 29, 2016 at 3:18 pm

Butler Street, a provider of client loyalty research and retention programs across the print industry, in conjunction with Promo Marketing's sister publications, Printing Impressions and Print+Promo, announced its "2016 Best of Print & Digital" program award winners. An annual program in its inaugural year identified which companies have provided the highest service delivery to their customers…

Is ISIS Really Selling Baby Apparel?
March 29, 2016 at 3:08 pm

According to a lengthy investigation from Business of Fashion, there has been a recent surge in ISIS-branded merchandise online. Even physical marketplaces have been retailing the ISIS symbols and slogans on various articles of clothing. The branding, featuring the Shahada and…

Minor League Baseball Team Bets Big on Promotional Event
March 28, 2016 at 3:44 pm

The Lehigh Valley IronPigs, the Phillies Triple-A team, are taking a promotional page from the Fresno Grizzlies, according to Lehigh Valley Live. The greater Philadelphia area has long been obsessed with its namesake sandwich, the Philadelphia cheesesteak, and the IronPigs are hoping…