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Read MoreRecalled Promotional Fitness Trackers Might Have Come Through Alibaba
The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced that Provata Health Inc., a subsidiary of the StayWell Company, is recalling a promotional fitness tracker it distributed from August 2017 to July 2018. The firm received 13 reports of the tracker overheating during use and while charging, posing a fire/burn hazard. Three of the reports included burns to…
Read MoreDunkin’ Loses ‘Donuts,’ Gets Creative With Branded Cups
Come January, Dunkin’ will drop the “Donuts” from its name, with branded cups and other items already ushering in the chain’s change. In its press materials, the company hinted at some creative ways it plans to use its new logo and wordmark for promotional items…
Read MoreACLU Asks Michigan Walmart to Stop Selling Local High School’s ‘Redskins’ T-shirts
The ALCU of Michigan is coming after high school whose mascot is also the Redskins. However, it’s the Walmart in Paw Paw, Michigan that stocks these items, and therefore is the ACLU’s chief subject.
Read MoreNike Tops List of Most Popular Apparel Brands for Gen Z, Millennials
A recent study from youth research firm Ypulse revealed that Nike is the champion when it comes to shoppers in the 13 to 19, 20 to 29 and 30 to 39 age ranges. Where did adidas, Vans, The North Face and Under Armour rank? Check it out…
Read MoreHow Promotional Products Distributor The Icebox Got the Job Providing 10,000 Uniforms for Super Bowl Volunteers
The Super Bowl Host Committee announced this week that The Icebox, a promotional products distributor based in Atlanta, would be the official supplier for its Team ATL volunteer program, creating a collection of apparel, gear and accessories to help the volunteers stand out during the game. Here’s how The Icebox got the job…
Read More2018 Top 50 Promotional Products Suppliers: Stats, Trends and Analysis
If things were looking good for distributors in 2017, they were even better for promotional products suppliers. While our Top 50 distributors totaled just over $5 billion in promotional products sales last year, the 2018 Top 50 Suppliers totaled $5.3 billion, besting their $4.6 billion 2016 total by a full $690 million (a 14.9 percent increase)…
Read MoreThe 2018 Top 50 Promotional Products Suppliers
Each year, Promo Marketing sets out to compile and rank the largest promotional products suppliers. The 2018 Top 50 Suppliers list is the result—a comprehensive ranking of the industry’s power players by 2017 sales volume, with additional in-depth analysis on mergers and acquisitions, geographic trends, sales statistics and more. It was a big year in…
Read MorePPAI Honors Roger Burnett and Steven Meyer, MAS, as 2018 PPAI RAC Volunteers of the Year
Promotional Products Association International (PPAI) has named Roger Burnett and Steven Meyer, MAS, the 2018 PPAI RAC Volunteers of the Year. Burnett, vice president of sales and marketing at Fort Collins, Colorado-based supplier Branded Logistics LLC; and Meyer, vice president of sales at Dallas,…
Read MoreCimpress Acquires Large-Format Printer BuildASign for Approximately $280M
Cimpress, the Venlo, Netherlands-based parent company of Vistaprint and National Pen Co., announced that it has acquired BuildASign, an internet-based supplier of canvas-print wall decorations, business signs and other large-format products…
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