The San Antonio Spurs are celebrating the Hispanic heritage that’s so deeply ingrained in their city’s culture with not only a theme night, but a huge merch line consisting of 22 different apparel items. The team dubbed the apparel line, which is called La Cultura, a “love letter to the culture that San Antonians call home”…
Read MoreRaining Rose Sales Support Manager Erin Hill Wins Service Excellence Honor
Erin Hill, sales support manager at Raining Rose, has been named as one of PPB Magazine’s 2019 Service Superheroes for exemplary performance and recognition in a sales support role. Hill was one of 15 people nationwide honored with the Service Superhero…
Read MoreHALO Hires Sean Radford as Executive Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer
HALO Branded Solutions, Sterling, Ill., recently added Sean Radford to the newly-created position of executive vice president and chief human resource officer. Radford comes to HALO with extensive business and human resource experience, serving most recently as senior vice president of organizational effectiveness and transformation at CNA insurance, a…
Read MoreAfter Merger, Office Supplies Wholesaler Essendant to Offer Promo Items Via Staples Promotional Products
In January of this year, Staples Inc. finalized its merger with Essendant via Sycamore Partners, its private equity owners. Essendant is a wholesale distributor of workplace and office products. Its customers are resellers such as office supply superstores, mail order companies, drug and grocery store chains and e-commerce businesses. We didn’t report on the merger…
Read MoreCreate Longevity for Your Promo Business With These Simple Succession Planning Steps for Every Stage of Your Career
At any stage in your career, the goal for every distributor should be to structure a business that’s strong enough to continue when you’re no longer running it. Impending retirement is not the time to slowly run down your company until you’re ready to close shop. When you’ve done the heavy lifting up front, the business is more likely to thrive—making it all the more appealing to your successor when the time is right…
Read MoreTravis Scott Topped the Charts and Bought Everyone a T-shirt to Celebrate
Rapper Travis Scott broke Lizzo’s six-week streak at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart with the debut of “Highest In The Room.” To celebrate, he’s buying everyone a T-shirt. The tee, which has “I paid for this in RAGE” on the front and “Highest in The Room, FOR PROMOTIONAL USE ONLY,” on the back, sold out quickly…
Read MoreYouTube Adds Another Feature to Help Musical Artists Sell Merch Directly From Platform
Who among us has not enjoyed going down the rabbit hole when watching YouTube? One video leads to another, and that second clip leads to six zillion more. In short, YouTube has been a sweetheart to video-sharing fans since its Valentine’s Day 2005 debut, and it is looking to prolong the spark for ages to…
Read MoreOur 5 Favorite Promotional Products of the Week: Drink Tokens, Candy Mugs and Double Bobbleheads
Howdy, partners. We’re back for another week of showing you five of our favorite promotional products we saw in our travels. This week’s installment even includes some on-the-ground reporting from a couple of local events, where spied some nice wooden drink tokens and an extremely sweet mug. Let’s get to it!…
Read MoreWhy Wasn’t There Any WNBA Championship Gear for Sale?
The Washington Mystics defeated the Connecticut Sun to win the 2019 WNBA Finals this year, marking the 21-year-old franchise’s first title. Mystics fans could immediately commemorate the occasion by buying Mystics championship gear at the Entertainment and Sports Arena, but aside from that, championship hats, T-shirts and other merch was surprisingly hard to come by.…
Read MoreThe Hidden Checkbook Vest
Executive Apparel’s Gourmet Collection is well-known by service industry buyers. Many of our customers service the hospitality industry and provide custom server uniforms to casual dining and upscale restaurants as well as pubs, bars, clubs, bistros and cafes. A staple garment of the hospitality crowd is the server’s vest. Some establishments opt for professionally tailored…
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