Kanye West headed to Jamaica this weekend for his most recent Sunday Service event in support of his upcoming album, “Jesus Is King.” But his decision to include Jamaican government and national symbols in the accompanying merch has met with opposition from inhabitants and the country’s entertainment minister, who demanded that West withdraw the items from his online store…
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AIA Third-Quarter Results Show Sales Growth, 48 Owners Projected to Exceed $1M in 2019 Sales
AIA Corporation (AIA), Appleton, Wis., announced results for its 2019 third quarter, reporting gross booked sales of $52 million, which is a 20.8 percent increase from the same quarter last year. Total gross booked sales for the year are $144 million, a 30 percent increase from the previous year…
Read MoreDelivering Experience: Starting Out, Growing Up (or Maybe Not) and Making Something Great in Promo
When we look back, it feels as if our baby is “all growed up.” But we realize there is so much ahead for Brand Fuel and this amazing industry—despite the threats in our SWOT analysis. Alibaba, Amazon, Wal-Mart, Costco, Pete The Promo Peddler—we exist because we realize we are what they aren’t. Differentiation is a part of our DNA…
Read MoreToronto Raptors Fans Raise $34,000 to Produce and Distribute 7,000 Pro-Hong Kong T-shirts Before Home Opener
A Los Angeles Lakers fan is planning to distribute crowdfunded pro-Hong Kong T-shirts Tuesday when the California club opens its campaign. That same night, supporters of the Toronto Raptors will also make their feelings known through a T-shirt that declares “The North Stand with Hong Kong”…
Read Morealphabroder Back Up and Running After Malware Attack
After suffering a malware attack on its order processing and shipping systems, alphabroder announced that it is fully operational again for U.S. customers. The supplier said it has “no evidence that any customer data or account information was compromised or accessed by this malware”…
Read MoreNevada GOP Releases ‘Witch Hunt’ T-shirt, Tote Bags for Fundraising Push
In the latest edition of political parties and politicians using merchandise to take a direct shot at opponents, Nevada Republicans are looking to raise funds with a “Witch Hunt” T-shirt and tote bag. The design features cartoonish versions of four prominent Democrats riding broomsticks…
Read MoreOrbus Celebrates 10 Years as G7 Master Idealliance-Qualified Printer
Orbus Exhibit & Display Group, Woodridge, Ill., announced that it has been a G7 Certified Master Printer for 10 years, and looks forward to continued excellence with its recent recertification. Orbus has a number of G7-certified printing professionals in addition to holding the certification as a company. G7 Master Qualification status indicated that the facility…
Read MoreWhy Merch Sales for a North Carolina Fair Spiked 1,200%
Change can prove difficult to accept, but it can also end up being pretty lucrative. Organizers of the Dixie Classic Fair, which is changing its name for next year, learned the latter recently, as the 137th edition of the North Carolina gathering netted a 1,200 percent increase in merch sales over 2018’s tallies, with the pending name change surely the cause…
Read MoreReports: U.S. and China Trade Talks Near Breakthrough, But Depend on U.S. Dropping Tariffs
Following another round of talks between the U.S. and China in Washington, Chinese officials say that it hopes both sides can work together for a solution, but that a resolution would depend on the U.S. canceling tariffs. “China’s position, principle and goal for the China-U.S. trade negotiations has never changed,” Ministry of Commerce spokesman Gao…
Read MoreThe San Antonio Spurs’ Hispanic Heritage Merch Line Is a Perfect Celebration of Culture
The San Antonio Spurs are celebrating the Hispanic heritage that’s so deeply ingrained in their city’s culture with not only a theme night, but a huge merch line consisting of 22 different apparel items. The team dubbed the apparel line, which is called La Cultura, a “love letter to the culture that San Antonians call home”…
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