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The Legacy Buying Group, West River, MD, announced the addition of OrderMyGear as a preferred service provider of online stores for the group. OrderMyGear’s cloud-based technology helps promotional product distributors sell branded merchandise to groups online through custom branded online stores. “The Legacy Group is pleased to have OrderMyGear join our Legacy vendor network,” Jolie…
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The Premier League Fan Fest event in Philadelphia was full of great promotional products. There were free T-shirts, commemorative soccer balls, scarves, buttons and gigantic banners covering City Hall.
Read MoreDolly Parton and Jonathan Davis from KoRn both just released branded pet product lines. Millions of households in the U.S. adopted pets during the pandemic, so there’s clear demand for pet supplies. Are you incorporating them into your promotional campaigns?
Read MoreCritics are calling out Coca-Cola and climate activism event COP27 in Egypt for a branded partnership that it deems is counterintuitive to the meeting’s mission, and meant to “greenwash” Coca-Cola’s reputation for being a major source of plastic waste. As part of the event, Coca-Cola created branded COP27 products, like an ice cube tray that…
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Ollie’s Bargain Outlet, a Harrisburg, Pennsylvania-based department store, just broke the Guinness World Record for largest functioning bobblehead. The 16.5 ft. version of the store’s mascot was created in conjunction with its 40th anniversary.
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“Ink Your Future,” a special day dedicated to the industry’s next generation, is set for Thursday, Oct. 20, during the PRINTING United Expo.
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The battle against single-use bags has yielded greater demand for reusable totes. But, one company has found a way to create a single-use plastic bag that not only can be recycled, it comes with a self-destruct option. Runners who completed the Chicago Marathon this past week received a post-race gift bag including promotional items and…
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BEL Promo, Miami, FL, recently announced the promotion of Susan Lewandowski to managing director. Lewandowski has been an integral part of the BEL Promo organization since 2018, when she was originally brought on as general manager. “Susan has been, and will continue to be, instrumental in the continued growth,…
Read MoreFedEx’s e-commerce delivery division announced last week that it expects lower volume forecasts as customers ship fewer packages during the holiday season. Reuters obtained an internal memo to 6,000 independent contractors who handle the delivery and trucking for FedEx Ground in the U.S., which says the company expects” downward adjustments to volume forecasts. “These changes…
Read MoreThe Arizona Coyotes just appointed fashion designer Rhuigi Villaseñor as its creative strategist. What this means is a greater focus on branding and quality merchandise. That idea has been used at other businesses like fast food lately, and this move shows that it’s the future of promo branding.
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