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To keep a school tradition alive and welcome new Tarheels, UNC is providing every undergraduate student with a mini bottled water full of “Old Well Water” before the first day of classes. However, alumni aren’t happy with the school asking for donations for the promo, thinking the money could be better allocated…
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IKEA is best known for its modern furniture and home furnishings with names like “Mlalmgörn” and “Slüfstaflargen.” But the retailer has also dabbled in branded merchandise and apparel, previously turning its iconic shopping bags into bucket hats and launching a limited streetwear line. Now, it’s making more of an official foray into branded merchandise…
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With coronavirus infection surging in Florida, Palm Beach County, the state’s third most-populous county, enacted a mandatory mask order in June. To reinforce the message with residents, the county has undertaken an ambitious program to send four branded masks to each of its nearly 659,000 residential addresses…
Read MoreBillboard announced that it would not count albums bundled with merchandise and concert tickets toward its album and song charts. Artists can still offer those items, but only if they’re treated as separate add-ons. It’s all kind of confusing, but it’s part of Billboard’s continuing efforts to restore the sanctity of its charts…
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We’re working on a fun little story involving “The Office” and promotional products that have appeared on the show. Stay tuned for that! In the meantime, here are some promotional products we noticed this week that have nothing to do with Dunder Mifflin Paper Company but are still very neat…
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Hanesbrands Inc., Winston-Salem, N.C., launched its #MaskAround campaign to stress the importance of wearing a face mask in public. The company is also donating 1 million masks to homeless people nationwide. The #MaskAround campaign is aimed at Instagram and TikTok users, hoping to educate them on the importance of face coverings and inspiring more widespread usage…
Read MoreAfter authorities ordered the facility shut down due to more than 300 positive COVID-19 cases and four employee deaths, Los Angeles Apparel founder Dov Charney said the company was in the right to continue operating. His reasoning? The numbers found in his company are “commensurate” with the COVID-19 rate in South Los Angeles overall, and therefore not indicative of an outbreak…
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Now that college athletes can profit from their names and likenesses, it’s opened the door for e-commerce platforms like The Players Trunk, created by two University of Michigan students. Former players can sell team-issued items, game-worn jerseys and more things they’ve picked up during their college careers.
Read MoreSourcing PPE, while lucrative for promo businesses, has also been challenging. Things could get a bit tougher now, as flooding has impacted major production hubs in China, including those manufacturing PPE for shipment to the U.S. The city of Wuhan, along with the provinces of Anhui, Jiangxi and Zhejiang, declared red alerts…
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DiscountMugs.com, Medley, Fla., has created a small business assistance program to help businesses impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. Six diverse businesses were selected in South Florida and awarded a combined $12,000 in customized promotional items from DiscountMugs.com. These items vary from face masks, contactless thermometers, hand sanitizer, shirts, coffee mugs, backpacks and tote bags with…
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