Fire departments in North Carolina and New York are warning community members about T-shirt scams. The Rockingham Fire Department in Rockingham, North Carolina, said scammers are selling T-shirts or asking for donations to the department via text message, according to the Richmond Observer. “If you get any kind of information in a text or email…
Read MorePRINTING United Alliance Names Students Selected for Annual Scholarship Award Program for the 2022-23 Academic Year
PRINTING United Alliance, Fairfax, Virginia, is pleased to announce the recipients for this year’s Student Scholarship Award Program. Made possible through donations from endowment investors and industry leaders through the PRINTING United Alliance Foundation, the Student Scholarship Program provides $50,000 total in financial support to students planning a future in the printing and graphic arts…
Read MoreThe Best Football Stadium Promo Might Be This Montreal Alouettes Poutine Helmet
If you’re not familiar with poutine, it’s a dish made up of french fries topped with cheese curds and brown gravy, which was created in Quebec. Apparently, the Montreal Alouettes Canadian football team thinks poutine is best served in a replica helmet, because that’s the team’s latest stadium promo…
Read MoreSock 101 Adds Nina Bui to Traveling Sales Team
Sock 101, Lee’s Summit, Missouri, welcomed Nina Bui to its traveling sales team. Bui was born and raised in Kansas City, with family from Vietnam and the oldest of her three siblings. Bui loves anything involving food, music and art. She is a quick learner and is knowledgeable in…
Read MoreTri-Mountain Announces Closing After Nearly 30 Years
Tri-Mountain announced yesterday that it will cease operations “in the near future” after almost 30 years in business. In a release, the company said that its stock, blank inventory will be available on a final sale business through tomorrow. Decorated orders already in the works will be delivered as planned, but Tri-Mountain won’t accept…
Read MoreThe Willy Wonka Riddle: Clients Don’t Care How, They Just Want ‘Now’
You first must accept that you’re not Amazon, and you’re never going to be Amazon. You don’t have the resources, infrastructure or financial means to compete with their e-commerce efficiencies. What you can do, however, is leverage the best practices of Amazon, which will help you take a unique approach to how you run your business…
Read MoreBest Foot Forward: 3 Ways to Use Custom Socks and Footwear in Your Clients’ Branded Campaigns
Not only are custom socks an easy-to-sell item, they’ve also exploded in popularity for everything from employee and corporate gifts to sports uniform wear, festival attire and more. Read on for three ways to use custom socks and footwear in your clients’ branded campaigns…
Read MoreProforma Hosts Annual Convention and Family Reunion
Proforma, Cleveland, hosted its largest event of the year, the Proforma Annual Convention and Family Reunion, Ignite 2022. This event reunited more than 400 members of the Proforma family, including owners and their teams, supplier partners, industry leaders, and the Support Center team at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas. “It was an unforgettable four-day…
Read MoreThe Next Steps in NIL: Clemson’s New Marketing Hub and Alabama’s Team Store
Clemson University just created one of the biggest hubs of NIL development: a 12,000 square foot facility dedicated to its “Reign” NIL program, which will assist student-athletes in marketing themselves, including through merchandise. The University of Alabama is also opening a dedicated store within its football stadium for NIL products…
Read MoreCalifornia Tattoos Adds Katie Winslow to Marketing Team
California Tattoos (CTI), Tuscon, Arizona, announced that Katie Winslow is its new marketing coordinator. Winslow will handle a variety of marketing functions, including social media, public relations, community outreach and more. Winslow joins CTI with two years of promo distributor experience, where she was an account manager developing extensive…
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