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We can tackle only one day at a time, but our high-powered brains love to play prognosticators and have us contemplate what is to come. Fall has barely begun to beckon us to enjoy its compelling qualities, but plenty of people, perhaps channeling their obsession with “Game of Thrones,” are declaring, “Winter is coming.” Remaining…
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Texas A&M’s football program used a T-shirt promotion to aid Harvey relief in Texas. Before this past Saturday’s game against Nicholls State, the Aggies unveiled their “Relief Out,” T-shirt to raise funds for those affected by the storm. The shirt features the state of Texas in front of a stylized hurricane with a heart over…
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Phil Carollo, President of Lion Circle, Chicago, died Sept. 8, 2017. Carollo, who was born in Chicago and served in the U.S. Army, entered the promo products industry in 1963 with Lion Match Corporation of America. He worked his way up through a variety of jobs—shipping clerk, salesman, sales manager, chief operating officer and vice…
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Upon seeing a bootleg Nike T-shirt, most people wouldn’t respond by saying, “That belongs in a museum!” (Unless the new Indiana Jones movie takes a really weird turn.) But, that’s exactly what happened in the U.K., after the Victoria and Albert Museum in London decided to feature a T-shirt celebrating Leader of the Labour Party…
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His being a native of New York might have qualified as a sufficient reason for fans of the New England Patriots to detest National Football League commissioner Roger Goodell, but when the overseer, through…
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With the continuing growth of both Prime Line, Bridgeport, Conn., and Jetline, Gaffney, S.C., Prime Line has made some changes to sales territories to better serve customers, including the hiring of Madison Mastro to provide sales support in the Mid-Atlantic region. Mastro…
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Hurricane Irma is currently making its way from around the Bahamas to the Florida peninsula, where it’s expected to make landfall by Sunday as a Category 4 hurricane. From there, it’s projected to move north/northwest over the Southeastern U.S. In response, promotional products businesses have been announcing changes in their business schedules and closures. Promo…
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Hurricane Irma has reached Puerto Rico and other Caribbean island countries, and is on track to make landfall in Florida on Sunday as a Category 4 storm, Reuters reported. So far, the storm has killed 10 and caused significant damage in Barbuda, St. Martin and the British Virgin Islands. In the following 48 hours after…
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The Gold Coast Promotional Products Association (GCPPA), West Palm Beach, Fla., announced the appointment of Gloria Lafont to its board of directors. Lafont has taken the place of Chelsea Heller of Windbrella, who resigned her position due to time and travel constraints.…
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Coffee has long kept consumers perky, and this season has proven particularly noteworthy for aficionados thanks to the findings from two studies and a bit of business savvy…
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