Last week, NSYNC announced the launch of its latest merchandise collection in partnership with Epic Rights. While the iconic boy band might have split up in the early 2000s, its music (and throwback photos complete with the frosted tips hairstyle) will live on forever. But fans looking to expand their NSYNC memorabilia collections better order soon. There’s only three days left until the limited-edition collection goes bye, bye, bye…
Read MoreNational Awards Inc.’s Lisa Greer Discusses a Client’s Anniversary Promos
Celebrating a business’ anniversary is certainly a time for celebration. Especially when a business has been around for four decades. Lisa Greer, director of sales for National Awards Inc., Jackson, Miss., remembers one particular instance where her company helped a customer kick its birthday…
Read MoreBalenciaga Learns the Hard Way That Those Little Tree Air Fresheners Are Copyrighted
Over its 99-year history, Balenciaga has enjoyed considerable clout as a fashion bigwig, with fellow designer Christian Dior dubbing its namesake, Cristobal Balenciaga, “the master of us all.” If, however, the Paris-based luxury fashion house continues to end up in trademark trouble, one might be tempted to christen him and his workforce “the imitators of…
Read MoreStop What You’re Doing and Watch Sylvester Stallone’s Pen Commercial
A lot of people like to debate the merits of film. Everyone has a favorite. Some people like “Gone With the Wind.” Others like “The Godfather.” Me? My favorite movie of all time is the promo ad for the Montegrappa Chaos Watch and Pens, which were designed by Sylvester Stallone. Before I go any further…
Read MoreThe Best Comments From This Wall Street Journal Op-Ed on MLB’s ‘Ugly Sweatshirt Crisis’
Earlier this week, the Wall Street Journal ran an op-ed taking a (presumably) tongue-in-cheek shot at Major League Baseball’s playoff hoodies. These are the ones—adorned with each team’s postseason slogan and logo and various MLB branding—that players wear in the dugout, because October baseball is a frigid, hellish nightmare that serves only to remind us…
Read MoreWilco’s $448 Axe, Korn Coffee, and the Changing Landscape of Band Merch
Axes are having a weird moment right now. Yes, of course it’s Halloween time, but I’m not talking about spooky axes. I’m talking about your run-of-the-mill, lumberjacky axes. They’re design elements in boutique stores selling things I can’t afford, gentrifying neighborhoods are suddenly full of axe-throwing venues, and it seems like every groomsman is getting…
Read MoreTaco Bell Is Giving Away Limited Edition Xbox One X Consoles With a Special Promotional Twist
We here at Promo Marketing have covered Taco Bell so much lately that—given our very impressionable appetites—we fully expect for our waistlines to pay the oh-so-acceptable consequences. While we bask in our bulk when not on company time, we could certainly see ourselves housing some tacos as we play video games because, well, dishes and…
Read MoreNoodles & Company Recognizes CSE Powered by HALO as Vendor of the Year
Noodles & Company, one of the largest fast-casual restaurant chains in the country, recently recognized New Berlin, Wisconsin-based CSE Powered by HALO as its Non-Food Vendor of the Year at its annual conference in Las…
Read MoreA Crash Course on Power Banks
The lithium ion batteries in smartphones have become a sore subject. Each generation of smartphones are equipped with more incredible features that make us even more reliant on our smartphones. What we once used to just communicate with family and friends has become our camera, photo album, GPS, wallet, fitness tracker and so much more.…
Read MoreQuickbooks Tips for Handling a Growing Business
Question: I am planning to grow my business. Should I just start out in QuickBooks Enterprise? Answer: “Big” is a relative concept. I have several ad specialty distributor clients who generate $3 million in annual sales, and QB Premier serves them perfectly well. QB Enterprise does have more features than Premier, but many are not…
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