We love T-shirt cannons. Whether it’s the Philly Phanatic launching T-shirts (or hot dogs) while riding an ATV across the baseball field or just arena staff hucking T-shirts into the expectant hands of the masses, they’re a really awesome way to give out promotional apparel. In a New Yorker cartoon, Benjamin Schwartz immortalized the appeal…
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TSC Apparel, Cincinnati, announced that it has acquired Thinc Actionwear, the Portland, Oregon-based apparel supplier. The acquisition expands TSC’s reach in North America, creating a new presence for the apparel supplier in the Pacific Northwest…
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Microbeads have been common in lotion and other personal care items thanks to their exfoliating properties. However, because they aren’t biodegradable and cause pollution in the oceans and waterways, countries like the U.K. and Canada, along with the U.S., have moved to ban them. The current state of microbead bans. Green shows total…
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Companies like Walmart and Cimpress (parent company of Vistaprint and National Pen Co.) give distributors and suppliers reasonable cause for concern, as they are pulling in more business than in the past. One of the heavyweights in that category, however, seems to be in a weird free fall. We’re talking about CafePress…
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As fun as it is to think about what we’re wearing in the future (we’re still holding out for rocket shoes), let’s focus on what we have right now, in 2018. For help, we talked to Christopher Duffy, director of marketing for Ariel Premium Supply, St. Louis, about what end-users and buyers are looking for in their wearable tech promotions…
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Cimpress, Venlo, Netherlands, announced financial growth for two of its brands—Vistaprint and National Pen Co.—in the third quarter of 2018. Vistaprint’s revenue grew 10.8 percent, reaching $357.6 million. National Pen’s revenue grew an eye-catching 38.6 percent, hitting $81.5 million, according to the Motley Fool. In December, National Pen announced that it planned to create 250…
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Twitter is urging its users, all 330-some million of them, to change their passwords immediately after a glitch caused the passwords to be stored in readable format in the company’s internal computer system, rather than an encrypted version. The social media giant was quick to follow that it has resolved the problem, and it has…
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The ongoing legal battle between Trinity Graphic and Tervis Tumbler Company has taken an interesting turn, as Trinity Graphic is now trying to disqualify Tervis’ attorneys on the grounds of conflict of interest. Trinity detailed in a motion filed April 26 that Douglas A. Cherry, a partner at Shumaker Loop & Kendrick LLP, had represented…
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Titan Custom Products, Dallas, announced that it has acquired VisionUSA, Rahway, N.J. VisionUSA will relocate its manufacturing and sales business to the Titan Custom Products facility in Texas. VisionUSA’s Michael Fishman and Mark Weissman will guide the transition and join Titan Custom Products. “My partner Mark Weissman and I were looking to slow things down…
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Nicole Loftus, founder and former CEO of Zorch International Inc., Chicago, filed a lawsuit against her former company over its sale to Satori Capital in February. According to court documents, Loftus filed multiple other lawsuits during the initial acquisition process over…
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