Under Armour Is Now Making Apparel for Space Travelers (Seriously)

Remember when we told you that the space suit trend was taking over the apparel world? Well, Under Armour is taking it one step further and designing actual space suits now. Virgin Galactic is enlisting the apparel company to design space apparel and footwear for passengers and pilots of its budding commercial spaceflight operation…

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Disney Gets Into Print On Demand With Personalized Apparel, Merch on Web Store

If you’ve been to a major theme park like Disney World, you’ve likely seen groups or families with coordinated outfits. They’re usually wearing custom T-shirts with their names on them, or celebrating some sort of anniversary or event. Before, these people either made the shirts themselves or went through a printing company. Disney noticed the…

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HALO Branded Solutions Hires New CIO

HALO Branded Solutions, Sterling, Ill., announced the hiring of Rick Goddard as the company’s new chief information officer. Goddard will succeed Dale Moir, who announced his intention to reduce his role at HALO last year. Goddard will report to Adam Weisman, HALO’s chief operating officer. Goddard provides HALO with more than 15 years of experience…

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Walmart Is Now Selling Fanatics Apparel, Tailgate Items

Fanatics is continuing to establish itself as one of the frontrunners in licensed sports merchandise and fan apparel. Within the last year, the company has inked a deal with the English Football Association, signed on to create merchandise for professional e-sports, opened retail shops inside JCPenney and more. It’s now joining forces with another big-time…

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Selling Promotional Pens and Writing Instruments: 3 Things to Consider

Owing to the ubiquity of writing instruments, some observers might think that it requires little effort to sell them. But if distributors want to up their pen sales, there’s a few things they’ll need to know. Promo Marketing connected with Bill Mahre of ADG Promotional Products and Amy LaPlante of Pilot Pen to learn how a few practical steps can help distributors take their writing instruments sales to the next level…

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4 Ways to Upgrade Your Athletic and Performance Promo Apparel Sales

Ten years ago, if you wore sweatpants and a racerback tank in public, friends would ask if you were headed to the gym. Then, you would have to shamefully say you were actually heading to Chipotle to scarf down a burrito, which was usually met with a judgmental head nod. Flash forward to 2019, and athletic and performance apparel is a streetwear staple…

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