A Delaware court dismissed a case against Essendant, as of October the sister company of Staples, which claimed that it breached its fiduciary duty during the process of being acquired by Sycamore Partners. Shareholders said in the class action lawsuit that Essendant aborted a previous agreement to merge with another office supplies company, S.P. Richards.…
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A group of 500 Delta Airlines employees is suing Lands’ End with claims that their uniforms “pose an ongoing, unreasonable [risk] of physical harm.” According to CNN, Delta employees reported that they noticed a wide range of symptoms, like vocal cord dysfunction, respiratory issues, skin blisters and rashes, blurred vision, nosebleeds, ringing ears, migraines and…
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The Rocket City Trash Pandas are the Minor League Baseball team in pole position for “Most Creative Franchise Name” in a race full of truly wonderful names. We’re not the only ones who think so, as fans well beyond the Alabama team’s home are grabbing Trash Panda merchandise—more than $2 million worth of it, to be exact…
Read MoreJust like the show’s eponymous character, Amazon Prime’s “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” has accumulated a pretty huge fanbase over its three seasons. Amazon looped in the show’s popularity for a clever Hanukkah-themed promotional experience in the show’s setting of New York City. It’s also rolling out regular “Maisel” promos to commemorate the show’s third season,…
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Soccer fans in Louisville, Ky., were excited to see their professional team, Louisville City FC, unveil a new crest. The new identity would accompany the team’s new home, Lynn Family Stadium, which is currently under construction. Fans weren’t so excited once they actually saw the new logo, though. https://twitter.com/loucityfc/status/1207007639777021952 https://twitter.com/MariusFroehlich/status/1208054345373306882 https://twitter.com/BobcatSNES/status/1207015525295022081 In many cases like…
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The Cybertruck is the most Tesla idea Elon Musk has had in a while. But in a very un-Tesla move, the company hasn’t produced a single piece of official Cybertruck merchandise. Musk is the man who made “the world’s most boring hats” and sold out almost instantly. Tesla sold surfboards. We hailed the company as leaders of promotional merchandise a while back…
Read MoreTaking things found in video games and movies and turning them into merchandise is not a new phenomenon. In fact, it’s about the oldest trick in the book when it comes to marketing for these media platforms. But Disney is doing something a little different with Star Wars merch for a tie-in with the new “Jedi: Fallen Order” video game…
Read MoreiClick, Seattle, announced that it has hired Virginia Thomson as leader of the company’s e-commerce and program initiatives, and added Chris Hart and Rob Derrig to the company’s national account management team. Thomson will be responsible for managing all of iClick’s e-commerce accounts, and she’ll be supporting…
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For Ohio State University players, one of the biggest achievements is beating a rival. Sometimes that’s Penn State. Sometimes that’s the University of Michigan. During the 2002-03 season, Ohio State players were promised a gold charm if they beat Michigan. They did, so the players received a one-of-a-kind charm in the shape of a pair…
Read MorePresident Trump confirmed today that the U.S. and China have agreed on what they called “Phase One” of an international trade deal, thus suspending the tariffs aimed at $160 billion in Chinese imports set to take effect on Sunday. The agreement also involved cutting the tariffs on all consumer products (including sports equipment and apparel)…
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