Minor League Team’s ‘Typo’ Leads to Fun Name-Change Promotion, Merch

If we had our way, there would be no offseason for minor league baseball, so that we could write about its promotional campaigns year-round. For the second time since June, we find ourselves chronicling the Lehigh Valley IronPigs, who, due to a “typo,” will play as the IronPugs in 10 days’ time, giving fans a chance to own some special pug-centric merch…

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A Grocery Store’s Plan to Encourage Reusable Bags Hilariously Failed Because Its Plastic Bags Were Too Awesome

A Canadian grocery store tried to have some fun and shame customers into switching to reusable bags, but ran into trouble when its plastic bags turned out to be too awesome. Even if it didn’t quite go as planned, it still ended up being a win for the store. Owner David Kwen hoped shoppers would be too ashamed to sport single-use plastic bags with graphics for made-up stores like “Into the Weird Adult Video Emporium”…

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Geiger Achieves LEED Gold Certification for Maine Headquarters

The U.S. Green Building Council has announced that Lewiston, Maine-based distributor Geiger has been awarded LEED Certification at the Gold level for its Lewiston, Maine headquarters. LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification verifies a construction project has met or exceeded globally recognized green building standards. Companies recognized with this achievement undergo a rigorous…

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Orbus Introduces Price Changes Effective Aug. 1, 2019

Orbus Exhibit & Display Group, Woodridge, Ill., a wholesale supplier and manufacturer of display, exhibit, graphic and event solutions, has announced updated product pricing as a result of tariff increases implemented earlier in 2019. Orbus is happy to have been able to maintain pricing through July 2019, giving its dealer partners a unique, competitive advantage.…

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The 3 Coolest Features in Nike’s New SpongeBob SquarePants Branded Shoes

Branded shoe collaborations have been popping up everywhere, and we’re really not mad about it. So far, each one has had its share of cool design elements behind it. Today, we’re covering the Kyrie Irving and SpongeBob SquarePants collection from Nike, and there are some fun features and other reasons that these branded shoes will be flying off the shelves on August 10…

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Augusta Sportswear Acquires Pacific Headwear

Augusta Sportswear, Augusta, Ga., announced that it has acquired Pacific Headwear, a privately held company based in Coburg, Ore. Terms of the agreement were not announced. Pacific Headwear will join Augusta Sportswear’s current brand portfolio that includes Augusta Sportswear, Holloway and High Five, as well as an exclusive partnership with Russell Athletic on team uniforms…

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