Yesterday, NASCAR released a statement that it is prohibiting the Confederate battle flag from events. The question now is whether this rule applies to merchandise, or just the display of the actual flag. The Confederate battle flag is used for a plethora of items, like T-shirts, hats, bathing suits, coolers…
Read MoreProforma Completes 50th Rise and Thrive Webinar
Proforma, Cleveland, hosted its 50th Rise and Thrive Webinar to help owners and their sales representatives optimize their sales and thrive through these challenging times. The webinar series hosted by the Proforma Pivot Teams is designed to provide the Proforma community with the expanded product knowledge, marketing and supplier resources and motivation to create more…
Read MoreWhat Pro Golf’s Canceled Quail Hollow Tournament Is Doing With All Its Branded Merch
While the Charles Schwab Classic will have four days to thrill the golf world, the organizers of April and May’s canceled Wells Fargo Championship are playing key roles in furthering the spirit of goodwill that has become a constant as the country adapts to the new normal, sending along a portion of branded merch sales to charities…
Read MoreOur 5 Favorite Promotional Products of the Week: Nike Sneakers, Face Masks and More
It seems like just yesterday we were wearing hats and scarves for the walk to work, and now we can’t go outside without melting into a puddle of sweat. It’s on days like this that we thank our lucky stars for air conditioning. And we also thank our lucky stars for promotional products that make us laugh or say, “Oh wow, that’s so creative!”…
Read MoreThe Company Making T-shirts From Spoiled Milk
Millions of pounds of milk have gone to waste this year, and more will likely do so as states ponder how they will continue to handle supply chain disruptions from the coronavirus. We have long known that we should make lemonade when life gives us lemons, but Mi Terro is altering that saying for this situation, using discarded milk to make T-shirts…
Read MoreDelta Apparel Joins Cotton LEADS Program
Delta Apparel, Greenville, S.C., has joined the Cotton LEADS program, signifying its commitment to sustainability and acknowledging the ongoing improvements U.S. and Australian cotton growers continue to make under both countries’ stringent regulatory environments. The aim of the Cotton LEADS program is to raise awareness of sustainable and responsible cotton growing practices, and to keep…
Read MoreBaltimore Apparel Company Packs Positive Messages in Reusable Bottles
A Baltimore apparel company is giving everyone a little bit of fun and positivity, as well as a reusable bottle, through a new line of apparel. Mess in a Bottle was started by Kalilah Wright in 2016, shortly after the Freddie Gray riots in Baltimore. Wright, who used to work at Under Armour, wanted to use apparel as a way to spread a positive message…
Read MoreAIM Smarter Announces Its 2019 Supplier of the Year, Four Shining Star Supplier Winners
AIM Smarter LLC, Philadelphia, has selected Hit Promotional Products as its Supplier of the Year award recipient for 2019. Hit Promotional Products is among AIM’s largest supplier partners and has been a key partner to AIM in its efforts to expand exclusive membership offerings to its more than 2,200 distributor members. Hit Promotional Products was…
Read MoreFDA Temporarily Relaxes Hand Sanitizer Ethanol Restrictions to Increase Supply
In order to keep up with demand for hand sanitizer, particularly in the health care space, the FDA has temporarily relaxed its restrictions on fuel- and technical-grade ethanol, and the amount of certain impurities present in the production process. These are temporary rules aimed at increasing hand sanitizer availability while demand remains sky high…
Read MoreEPA Says Tennessee’s Face Masks Are Safe to Use After All
Yesterday, we reported that the Tennessee government had told everyone to wait to wear the free masks it spent $8.2 million on, after concerns arose that an antimicrobial material used in production could be harmful to people. Thankfully, the pause didn’t take too long, and the result is that the masks are, in fact, safe to wear…
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