As the Washington football team faces PR hit after PR hit while undergoing an overhaul of its entire identity, there’s a similar story from up north of a professional football team changing its name after it acknowledged the name was insensitive to indigenous people. Here’s what’s happening with its merchandise…
Read MoreUNC Alums Aren’t Fans of Bottled Water Promotion for Students
To keep a school tradition alive and welcome new Tarheels, UNC is providing every undergraduate student with a mini bottled water full of “Old Well Water” before the first day of classes. However, alumni aren’t happy with the school asking for donations for the promo, thinking the money could be better allocated…
Read MoreIKEA Launched Its First-Ever Branded Merch Collection (But You Can Only Get It at One Store)
IKEA is best known for its modern furniture and home furnishings with names like “Mlalmgörn” and “Slüfstaflargen.” But the retailer has also dabbled in branded merchandise and apparel, previously turning its iconic shopping bags into bucket hats and launching a limited streetwear line. Now, it’s making more of an official foray into branded merchandise…
Read MoreHealth & Safety Must Haves
In this webinar, you’ll learn about the ways you can provide safety with tech items, including what UV light is and how it sanitizes items, the products you can get with UV light functionality, what types of projects UV is good for. You’ll also learn how to sell these items to your clients, and what accessories can get you in the PPE mix without selling masks or sanitizer…
Read MoreFlorida’s Palm Beach County Is Mailing Four Branded Masks to Each of Its 659,000 Residences
With coronavirus infection surging in Florida, Palm Beach County, the state’s third most-populous county, enacted a mandatory mask order in June. To reinforce the message with residents, the county has undertaken an ambitious program to send four branded masks to each of its nearly 659,000 residential addresses…
Read MoreBillboard Closes Merchandise Bundle/Album Sale Loophole (Sort Of)
Billboard announced that it would not count albums bundled with merchandise and concert tickets toward its album and song charts. Artists can still offer those items, but only if they’re treated as separate add-ons. It’s all kind of confusing, but it’s part of Billboard’s continuing efforts to restore the sanctity of its charts…
Read MoreHow Will Your Clients Summer?
FACT. Businesses are opening. Not all, but many. Not at full capacity, but at some capacity. Eventually most of us will be back at work in a place of business. That means summer uniforms for some people. There is nothing normal about this summer but it doesn’t mean giving up smart style in your uniform…
Read MoreOur 5 Favorite Promotional Products of the Week: More Kiddie Pools, Return of Dunkaroos and More
We’re working on a fun little story involving “The Office” and promotional products that have appeared on the show. Stay tuned for that! In the meantime, here are some promotional products we noticed this week that have nothing to do with Dunder Mifflin Paper Company but are still very neat…
Read MoreHanes Introduces #MaskAround Campaign, Donates 1 Million Masks for Homeless
Hanesbrands Inc., Winston-Salem, N.C., launched its #MaskAround campaign to stress the importance of wearing a face mask in public. The company is also donating 1 million masks to homeless people nationwide. The #MaskAround campaign is aimed at Instagram and TikTok users, hoping to educate them on the importance of face coverings and inspiring more widespread usage…
Read More‘I’ve Never Been So Disgusted by a Businessperson’: Employees Speak Out as Charney Says There’s ‘No Outbreak’ at Los Angeles Apparel
After authorities ordered the facility shut down due to more than 300 positive COVID-19 cases and four employee deaths, Los Angeles Apparel founder Dov Charney said the company was in the right to continue operating. His reasoning? The numbers found in his company are “commensurate” with the COVID-19 rate in South Los Angeles overall, and therefore not indicative of an outbreak…
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