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George Andrie & Associates Inc., Waco, Texas has joined Facilisgroup’s community of promotional products distributor partners. The company was started in 1979 by former Dallas Cowboys player George Andrie and his wife, Mary Lou. The business is still family-owned, and is now run by Andrie’s son, George, and his wife, Gina. “We joined Facilisgroup because…
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Gary Sanchez has amassed 119 hits for the New York Yankees, and 33 of them have left the yard, so strictly from a performance point of view, the 24-year-old deserved his…
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We’ve already detailed the potential dangers of fidget spinners, but it looks like things are heating up (pun intended). According to WKRG, a family in Gardendale, Alabama was shocked to see their new fidget spinner go up in flames. Kimberly Allums heard her son screaming upstairs after he had plugged his Bluetooth-enabled fidget spinner into…
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The appropriation of Native American references to provide professional sports teams with their nicknames has long rankled many people, with objectors claiming the use of terms such as Indians and Redskins places…
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Not every Amazon innovation is a winner. While this particular tech isn’t truly Amazon’s fault, it is using Amazon as its stage. According to Digital Trends, an Amazon bot called My Handy Design is creating smartphone cases for purchase from existing online images. If you think about the wide array of images online, you can…
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Rymax Marketing Services Inc., Pine Brook, N.J., announced its exclusive partnership with Raden. Super light-weight and extremely durable, Raden allows you to travel smart and get from point A to point B seamlessly. From weight sensors to built-in phone chargers, Raden cases come complete with the latest tech-enabled features—and they all connect to a mobile companion…
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After the 2016 presidential election, we saw just how important promotional products were. The Trump campaign relied heavily on tangible goods, including caps, signs and T-shirts, to get the message…
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Approximately 600 former American Apparel employees who were laid off following the company’s sale to Gildan Activewear will receive new job skills training as part of a $3 million award from the California Employment Development Department. The award is designed to retrain workers impacted by the company’s bankruptcy and sale this year. The award will…
Read MorePromo Marketing’s Video Battle pits two industry videos against each other for the chance at the ultimate bragging right: Being declared our readership’s absolute favorite. (Next up: We have to get back to the routine of five-day weeks again.) Last week, Ariel Premium Supply won, and now will face off against Wearable Imaging. The winner will…
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Quality Certification Alliance (QCA), Chicago, the promotional product industry’s only independent, non-governmental accreditation organization dedicated to helping companies provide safe products, has expanded its Distributor Advocacy Council (DAC) with the addition of Mississauga, Ontario-based Cotton Candy. The DAC mission is to elevate the standards by which firms that import and manufacture products are consistently delivering…
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