Pantone partnered with apparel brand Fuzzed Up Bear for a project called the Human Being Initiative, created to raise funds for the Black Lives Matter movement, the ACLU and Campaign Zero. The line includes a T-shirt, onesie and face mask, each with a design featuring the Pantone color square, but over a person’s arm with the shade’s name listed as “Human Being”…
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For this year’s “Brandcast Delivered” virtual event, the YouTube team leaned into the “delivered” theme by delivering promo boxes for viewers to enjoy the broadcast from home. The personalized packages consisted of three separate sub-boxes labeled “Take,” “Make” and “Bake,” with ingredients for DIY pizzas and various promotional gifts…
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Jenna Kadziulis, social media coordinator for S&S Activewear, is the creative force behind the supplier’s DIY ideas and other killer social media content. And she had a lot to offer about how to create other kinds of engaging content, especially on Instagram…
Read MoreWe’re still seeing a surplus of quarantine trends like DIY home projects, recreations of Disney theme-park dishes, and of course, tie-dye clothing. That last trend has made it to popular retail brands like Anthropologie, Urban Outfitters and even band merch, with Jared Leto’s rock band, “Thirty Seconds to Mars,” launching a DIY tie-dye merch kit…
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American Solutions for Business (ASB), Glenwood, Minn., has promoted Amy Spychalla to vice president of strategic operations support (SOS). Spychalla joined the company in January 2003 as a promotional product specialist, helping to promote…
Read MoreLos Angeles Apparel, the company founded by former American Apparel leader Dov Charney and one of the first and most notable brands to use its manufacturing capabilities to make face masks during the pandemic, has shut down after more than 100 workers in its facilities tested positive for COVID-19…
Read MoreForget your mask? One guy thinks he’s invented a product that quickly solves that problem. Using a 3-D printer, Kurt Schramm designed a plastic device that people can attach to their T-shirts, using the fabric to create a face covering that’s much more elegant than just pulling your face into your shirt like a turtle…
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While we’re gearing up to celebrate one of our favorite holidays (what’s not to love about a day dedicated to grilling food and lighting fireworks?), we’re also celebrating a good batch of promotional products we’ve seen around lately. This week’s Fave 5 includes Phillies shirts, co-branded sneakers and more…
Read MoreProspects are loathe to be pitched by someone they’ve never met before. Instead of taking that gamble, why not consider an approach that puts this new relationship on the path to trust as quickly as possible with displays of what makes you who you are and why you do what you do?…
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Stereogum, a popular music site that started in the early 2000s, has been working hard to stay afloat by launching a crowdfunding campaign. Part of it is an album of covers of ‘00s music from artists like The National, Death Cab for Cutie and Mac DeMarco. But, aside from the album, Stereogum is relying on past promotional merchandise to sweeten the deal…
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