After Mexican officials put a halt on sugar exports to the U.S. in March, Mexico and…
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Hub Pen Company Adds Business Development Associate
Hub Pen Company, Braintree, Mass.; and Beacon Promotions, New Ulm, Minn., announced that Beacon Promotions’s Brad Castleman has joined Hub Pen Company’s sales team as business development associate. Castleman has been with Beacon Promotions for more than three years with the…
Read MoreTraverse Life
With every order, the Traverse craftsman starts with the raw ingredients—a piece of leather and a brand logo. But instead of working with detailed blueprints, the master is able to craft his work one stitch and cut at a time. Just enough structure to provide a template while still leaving room for improvisation and creativity.…
Read MorePM Weekender Ep.15: Sunblock, Compression Shorts and Headphone Jacks
This week we dive into the real story on compression shorts, potentially harmful sunblock and the disappearance of headphone jacks on smartphones.
Read MoreThe IKEA Tote Bag Saga Continues With High-End Collaboration
So, remember how that high-end fashion company made a bag that looked frighteningly similar to IKEA’s blue shopping bags? Also, you might remember that IKEA had a really great response to the subject, too. Well,it seems the fact that its plastic shopping bags are now considered high fashion has gone to the Swedish furniture company’s…
Read MoreLast Chance to Vote! PM Video Battle: Alexander Promotional Products Versus Staples Promotional Products
Promo 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: I kind of forgot I have a fantasy baseball team halfway through the season. Whoops!) Last week, HALO Branded Solutions won for the fourth week in a row, earning it…
Read MoreMcDonald’s Teams Up With Japanese Clothing Brand for Merchandise
People love McDonald’s. This is known. You can go pretty much anywhere in the world, and you’ll see the golden arches somewhere. (As Vincent Vega in “Pulp Fiction” taught us, some countries change the item names a little bit, too.) So, it makes perfect sense that McDonald’s wants to monetize that global hype every now and then.…
Read MoreHealth Canada Receives Reports of Burns, Blisters From Banana Boat Sunscreen
Health Canada, the country’s national public health department of the government, has been receiving complaints that Banana Boat sunscreen is causing bad reactions for users aged three months to 30 years. According to the CBC, Health Canada has received 26 complaints in the last month alone, with 14 of those complaints involving claims that the…
Read MoreCounterfeiters Cashing In on ‘One Love Manchester’ Benefit Merchandise
After the tragic attack at the Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, U.K., on May 22, Grande put together the “One Love for Manchester” benefit concert for June 4. To commemorate the show, Universal Music Group authorized vendors who would earmark product proceeds to the British Red Cross’s We Love Manchester Emergency Fund. But, the company…
Read MoreZen Magnets Releases Video of Magnet Eulogy
After its lengthy battle with the CPSC, Zen Magnets destroyed 500 lbs. of magnets, as ordered by a judge in the case of Zen Magnets vs. the Department of Justice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OFVIbGfamg Zen Magnets took the magnets to an industrial oven in Denver, where the company held a tongue-in-cheek “eulogy” for the controversial products. “Truly, as…
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