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Thermos LLC, Schaumburg, Ill., announced today its partnership with The Allen Company (aka Allen/ColorCraft) and Compass Industries Inc. to expand its reach into the promotional products market. Allen/ColorCraft, a supplier of drinkware in the promotional products market, will be distributing Thermos brand vacuum-insulated food and beverage containers within the promotional products industry in the U.S.,…
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Well folks, this is it. This the end of our 2018 wrap-up. It’s been a great year for us at Promo Marketing, and we’re glad you’ve been there to share it with us. From a professional standpoint, we’ve done a lot of promotional products stories that we’re proud of. Some were in-depth studies, some were…
Read MoreFanatics has firmly solidified itself as one of the powerhouses of sports merchandise. This year alone the company got the license to produce NFL fan…
Read More‘Tis the season for seasonings, apparently, thanks to Popeye’s. Proving its poultry prowess, the renowned fried chicken chain endeared itself more to devotees on Tuesday, instituting an “Emotional Support” tenders meal that not only provides a comedic take on flyers’ frequent reliance on animals to ease their travel stress, but also shows that the company…
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Fast food restaurants really decided to step up their promotional game this year. Maybe they were afraid that they’d be one of those things millennials supposedly are killing. Or maybe they just finally realized how much people love merch. Either way, it led to a ton of, well, creative promotional campaigns from the likes of…
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Promotional Products Association International (PPAI), Irving, Texas, has announced the selection of PPAI’s executive vice president, Robert “Bob” McLean, CPA, CAE, as chair-elect of the International Association of Exhibitions and Events (IAEE) and the 2019 Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR) chair of the board. McLean’s selection was announced at Expo! Expo!, IAEE’s annual meeting…
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After a report by the Associated Press linked shipments from a forced labor camp in China to a U.S. apparel supplier, some of the company’s end-buyers, mostly schools and universities, have…
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We don’t have the rights to use ESPN’s SportsCenter theme song, so you’re just going to have to imagine it here, as we dive into some of our favorite sports-related promotional campaigns and stories from the year. Let’s call it our Top Plays, just to keep the theme alive, shall we?…
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Next Level Apparel, Gardena, Calif., announced that it is expanding into Germany and the EU through an exclusive partnership with L-SHOP-TEAM, a Dortmund, Germany-based company with locations across Europe. “We’re delighted to be launching our styles into Germany/EU, and even more so to be launching with L-SHOP-TEAM,” said Mark Seymour, CSO at Next Level Apparel.…
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