We’re not sure how it took so long to figure out, but finally someone thought of putting Bluetooth earbuds into a face mask. MaskFone, a face mask that not only features a Bluetooth headset and earbuds, but a five-layer filtration system. In short, it’s stylish and extremely functional…
Read MoreAnother person is being charged with fraud after failing to deliver on a large PPE order. This time, it’s a Philadelphia man accused of scamming more than $700,000 from two New York companies. Guaravjit Singh reportedly said that his business had connections to a Chinese medical gown manufacturer, and agreed to sell 1.5 medical gowns totaling about $7.125 million…
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Budweiser announced that, for the first time in nearly 40 years, it won’t be airing any commercials during the Super Bowl. It will, however, team up with beloved apparel brand Starter for some Big Game-themed apparel. The brands will release an apparel capsule that celebrates the “Bud Bowl” ads, which first aired in 1989. The line will include T-shirts, sweatshirts and hats…
Read MoreZappos announced that it will be the exclusive wholesaler of UFC merchandise in the U.S. The company that started as an online shoe retailer will manufacture and distribute licensed UFC merchandise like footwear, headwear, T-shirts, sweatshirts, pants, training attire and more. One interesting tidbit of information here is that Zappos is a subsidiary of Amazon…
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The Bernie Sanders chair meme is everywhere. But it’s still a little surprising to see Sen. Sanders and his team embrace the meme status to make a new line of merchandise (even if it’s for a good cause). The official Bernie Sanders store launched the “Chairman Sanders” crewneck sweatshirt for $45, with all proceeds going to Meals on Wheels Vermont…
Read MoreAfter opening their own brick-and-mortar merchandise store in London last year, the Rolling Stones have moved on to their next merch-centered project: a line of branded chocolate bars inspired by song titles and lyrics (“Brown Sugar” and “Cherry Red”). The products went on sale yesterday at the band’s online store…
Read MoreThe Los Angeles Times reported that nearly 700 dockworkers at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have contracted COVID-19, and hundreds more have had to take virus-related leave, creating the potential for a debilitating slowdown. As of Jan. 20, a total of 45 ships were waiting to unload—the largest bottleneck in six years…
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Getting kids to eat their vegetables is an age-old challenge for adults. Heck, sometimes convincing ourselves to eat our greens can take work. That’s a problem one food producer is trying to tackle through branding and design. By tricking the customer’s brain into thinking a package of spinach is fast food, it might just be enough to accept or, dare we say, crave vegetables…
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The city of Columbia, Mo., has passed legislation that only trash bags with official city branding on them will be accepted by sanitation workers in an effort to minimize excess waste and improve safety conditions for workers. Columbia had previously issued bags with the city’s logo on them. But, starting Feb. 1, the logoed bags will be the only ones sanitation workers accept…
Read MoreIt’s taken e-commerce sites some time to get a handle on all of the problematic merchandise, but they’re getting there. And there are lessons to be learned. The first is that automation might not be as reliable as some of these sites might have believed, requiring tweaks to the processes that filter out blocked items…
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