Under Armour Debuts First US-Made Apparel Line

Under Armour debuted its first line of U.S.-made apparel yesterday. The first line, included in a collection called Arris Project, includes 2,000 units—leggings and bras. According to Fortune, Under Armour has committed to creating more apparel at its UA Lighthouse facility in Baltimore. The company hopes that local manufacturing will help it meet tighter deadlines for…

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Coach K Bans Duke Basketball Players From Wearing Team Apparel

Student athletes’ wardrobes are mostly made up of the apparel they get from their schools and teams. It’s a point of pride to show off one’s status as a representative of their alma mater. So, when Duke men’s basketball head coach Mike Krzyzewski wanted to teach his Blue Devils team a lesson after what he…

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Heat-Sensitive Mug Depicts Climate Change Risk

It’s always fun to see how technology is integrated in other products, like housewares. In this case, we’re talking about thermal-sensitive coffee mugs. Who doesn’t like a nice, changing picture? This mug isn’t entirely fun and games, though. UncommonGoods is selling a thermo-sensitive mug that depicts the effects of climate change on a world map.…

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Chicago Bag Fee Starts This Week

Beginning this Wednesday, Chicago will be the latest city to incentivize shoppers to bring their own bags to grocery stores, lest they want to pay a 7 cent tax per bag at the checkout line. According to…

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Ennis Inc. Acquires Independent Printing Company Inc.

Ennis Inc., Midlothian, Texas, announced that it purchased Independent Printing Company Inc., DePere, Wis., and related entities in a stock purchase on Friday. Independent Printing Company Inc. produces presentation folders, checks, wide format products and commercial printing. Going forward, the company will have four folder facilities in Michigan, Kansas, California and Wisconsin. It also will…

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PM Video Battle: 4imprint Versus C2BPromo

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: Is it baseball season yet? I’m ready for baseball.) Last week, 4imprint came away with a win, and now will face off against C2BPromo. The winner will be decided by…

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McDonald’s Big Mac Sauce on Sale for $10,000

Were you one of the lucky McDonald’s fans to grab a bottle of its secret Big Mac sauce? If not, you might have to pay a pretty penny to get one. People are already selling the bottles, which were given away this week at participating restaurants, online for as high as $10,000. (Yes, we meant…

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Cimpress Announces Restructure

Cimpress, Venlo, Netherlands, announced its intention to decentralize the company’s operations. According to a press release, Cimpress’ central groups will only include global procurement and supplier research following the changes. “This decentralization is a natural outgrowth of our strategy and consistent with the evolution of our organization as we pursue that strategy,” Robert Keane, CEO…

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