A group of scientists at the University of Cambridge have created an artificial spider silk made of water, paving the way for environmentally-friendly apparel manufacturing in the near future.
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The FBI is investigating Totally Promotional, Coldwater, Ohio, for possible price fixing in the promotional products industry. “Totally Promotional executives were interviewed and were fully cooperative with the investigators onsite,” company officials said in a statement, according to The Daily Standard. “Totally Promotional has been made aware of other companies within the promotional products industry…
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A Chinese startup meant to create an umbrella-sharing program like a bike-share, but lost more than 300,000 items when no one returned them.
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It sounds like a parody of an alarmist cable news report: Are your children snorting caffeinated chocolate powder for fun? Find out at 6. Well, this isn’t cable news. And you don’t have to wait until 6. Children are snorting caffeinated chocolate powder for fun. The product, Coco Loko, is made from cacao powder and caffeine.…
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Australia has been taking steps for a while now to make tobacco products as unappealing as possible. This has involved using the “world’s ugliest color” for packaging and prohibiting branding. The tobacco manufacturer Philip Morris filed a case against the Australian government’s plain packaging law, but now will pay millions in legal fees after losing the…
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George Andrie & Associates Inc., Waco, Texas has joined Facilisgroup’s community of promotional products distributor partners. The company was started in 1979 by former Dallas Cowboys player George Andrie and his wife, Mary Lou. The business is still family-owned, and is now run by Andrie’s son, George, and his wife, Gina. “We joined Facilisgroup because…
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After the 2016 presidential election, we saw just how important promotional products were. The Trump campaign relied heavily on tangible goods, including caps, signs and T-shirts, to get the message…
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Approximately 600 former American Apparel employees who were laid off following the company’s sale to Gildan Activewear will receive new job skills training as part of a $3 million award from the California Employment Development Department. The award is designed to retrain workers impacted by the company’s bankruptcy and sale this year. The award will…
Read MorePromo 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: We have to get back to the routine of five-day weeks again.) Last week, Ariel Premium Supply won, and now will face off against Wearable Imaging. The winner will…
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It seems the Consumer Product Safety Commission damnation and multiple tragedies caused by hoverboards weren’t enough to fully take them off the market, as the hoverboard is getting the “Shark Tank” (or Dallas Mavericks) treatment. Just make sure you don’t call this model a toy, because it’s seriously meant for serious adults, apparently. Business Mogul…
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