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Chick Fil A is back with another line of merchandise, this one pairing items like shirts, watches, shoes, and drinkware with one key aspect of its restaurant: its sauce selection. Each collection has its own color scheme to match the dipping sauce packaging.

Join Apparelist Content Director Cassie Green along with guests David Clifton, chief marketing and customer experience officer at alphabroder, and Jenna Sackett, brand activation manager at STAHLS’, to discuss a variety of technologies that touch the apparel community.

Afer Indonesia was stripped of its host country status, local businesses are left with hundreds of thousands of pieces of FIFA U-20 World Cup merchandise, with small businesses losing out on billions in revenue.

McDonald's just unveiled a new bit of packaging a few months ago called the TableBag, which turns your food back into a standalone cardboard table. It shows that designers are thinking about eco-friendly ways to create promotional items, and also new ways to play with packaging design to create a memorable experience.

White Castle and Philadelphia brewery Evil Genius teamed up for a co-branded beer. But, unlike others that came before, it doesn't use weird flavor profiles for attention. It's a good example of how distributors can co-brand without going too far.

A proposed Washington state bill was amended to include a ban of all printing inks and paints that use chlorinated pigments.

Netflix is taking the famous Lacoste crocodile and putting it through the filter of various Netflix shows, like turning it into the Demogorgon monster from "Stranger Things," dressing it up in period-appropriate garb from "Bridgerton," or putting it on "Sex Education" protagonist Otis' bike.

Sandwich chain Jimmy John's is celebrating the biggest day on the cannabis calendar, 4/20, with a new sandwich item called the "Munchie Crusher," and is pairing the menu item with for some special branded items like rolling papers, matches, and other promotional products available at its Long Beach, CA, location.

Ice cream and cake brand Carvel is opening more stores throughout the U.S., and using co-branded restaurant concepts to introduce itself to new markets. It's a good lesson for promotional products distributors about how brands can work together to create a complementary experience.

The American Red Cross is using a Snoopy T-shirt to drive blood donation appointments. It's working, too. Since releasing the design, the organization has seen exponential web traffic, and people are posting all over social media about it.