Rocket Lab is an aerospace company whose business involves launching small satellites into space for paying customers. Like many companies, it has an online merch store with various T-shirts and other branded items. Unlike many companies, it’s also selling a $7.5 million gold coin. The coin, available in two styles, can actually be obtained for free, sort of…
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Where would we be without apparel? Well, we probably wouldn’t be in public, that’s for sure. Colder, too. Jokes aside, promotional apparel remains the top selling category for the industry. So, naturally, we covered it a lot this year. Here are 10 of our most-read, favorite or otherwise noteworthy apparel stories from 2019…
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Of the many notable statistics in PPAI’s 2019 Consumer Study, here’s one that really stands out: The percentage of consumers who value sustainability consistently rises with each successive generation. Just 8 percent of boomers and 10 percent of Gen Xers said they care about sustainable promotional products, but the…
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Popeyes’ chicken sandwich launched over the summer, promptly sold out nationwide, and relaunched again in November to impossibly long drive-thru lines and the occasional parking lot brawl. Demand has since returned to normal. But, considering its enormous popularity, there was a baffling lack of chicken sandwich merch. Until now…
Read MoreTaking things found in video games and movies and turning them into merchandise is not a new phenomenon. In fact, it’s about the oldest trick in the book when it comes to marketing for these media platforms. But Disney is doing something a little different with Star Wars merch for a tie-in with the new “Jedi: Fallen Order” video game…
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Since introducing the PM Longform series last year, we’ve explored the ongoing trade war with China, the rise of the supplier one-stop-shop, the broader public perception of the industry and more. So, if your New Year’s Resolution for 2020 is to read more, why not start here with some of our most in-depth reported pieces?…
Read MoreOver his short yet prolific career, Jimi Hendrix prided himself on being a nonconformist. Through Sony Music’s Thread Shop, however, he is set, at least from a commercial perspective, to join a roster of music legends and current artists who have received the branded merch treatment…
Read MoreiClick, Seattle, announced that it has hired Virginia Thomson as leader of the company’s e-commerce and program initiatives, and added Chris Hart and Rob Derrig to the company’s national account management team. Thomson will be responsible for managing all of iClick’s e-commerce accounts, and she’ll be supporting…
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For Ohio State University players, one of the biggest achievements is beating a rival. Sometimes that’s Penn State. Sometimes that’s the University of Michigan. During the 2002-03 season, Ohio State players were promised a gold charm if they beat Michigan. They did, so the players received a one-of-a-kind charm in the shape of a pair…
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The idea that everything is bigger in Texas might need some modification, as a new tote bag from New York-based fashion brand Opening Ceremony checks in at 27 inches in height and 46 in width. While comical to observe, it could be the perfectly sensible solution to the question of “What do you get for the person who has everything?”…
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