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Sports Illustrated has covered some iconic duos over the decades: Jordan and Pippen. Venus and Serena. Kobe and Shaq. Now, SI is trying to form an iconic duo of its own by teaming up with JCPenney—the department store chain—to launch an apparel collection. Will it work?…
Read MoreIn the political sphere, where hype and reach are paramount, candidates and PACs are starting to use NFTs as fundraising tools. Specifically, they’re auctioning them off as a means of raising money, the same way they might stock an online store with T-shirts and buttons…
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Remember when you could earn pizza just for reading a book or two? Those halcyon days of Pizza Hut’s “Book It!” program are forever ingrained in millennial and Gen X memories, and the pizza chain is capitalizing on nostalgia once again by releasing special edition food-and-merchandise bundles…
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Facilisgroup, St. Louis, is preparing for a new stage of growth through the promotion of Amy Rabideau to vice president of product. Rabideau previously worked as a product architect for Facilisgroup since August 2021. She has also served on the Regional Association Council Board of PPAI, as well as…
Read MoreTheranos, the much-hyped health technology startup founded by enigmatic figurehead Elizabeth Holmes, dissolved in 2018, and founder Elizabeth Holmes was sentenced to up to 20 years in prison. No, sellers have been flocking to resale sites like eBay with all sorts of Theranos-branded items…
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Showdown Displays announced the launch of its exclusive, interactive virtual product showroom for 2022. The Showdown Displays Virtual Product Showroom (VPS) re-interprets a widely used web-based platform, allowing it to be shared across locations and geographies while supporting an unlimited number of active users…
Read MoreStaples Promotional Products, Overland Park, Kansas, announced that Daron Hines will take over as president for the office supply giant’s promotional products distributor unit. Hines has 20 years of leadership experience with other well-known brands such as General Mills, Morton Salt and the J.M. Smucker Company…
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Custom Ink announced yesterday that it has acquired Printfection, a platform that helps companies with product creation, storage, tracking and distribution of promotional products gifts. The move follows Custom Ink’s acquisition of Swag.com, another tech-enabled swag management and distribution platform, last year…
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Chameleon Like, Gilroy, California, a supplier of stationery products since 1998, announced that it has completed a rebranding of its journals and notebooks division as SaviNotes. SaviNotes is now the brand name of Chameleon Like’s stationery products, such as journals, notebooks, binders, folders and other desk accessories…
Read MoreA coalition of 400 human rights groups has criticized the International Olympic Committee after the IOC failed to clarify whether merchandise for the upcoming Beijing Olympics was made with forced labor. The coalition has attempted for eight months to receive assurance that the merchandise was not made in China’s Xinjiang region…
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