San Diego Padres Go for Uninventive Promotions

Imagine this: You’re in a meeting with a potential client. The client wants a promotional campaign to drive revenue and leave as many lasting impressions as it can. You think for a while, and respond with this: “How about we do something kind of boring?” Bet you haven’t done that. But, it’s what the San…

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Soft Stuff Creations Adds Vice President of Marketing

Soft Stuff Creations, Surrey, British Columbia, is pleased to announce the addition of Sharon Griffith as vice president of marketing. Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Griffith most recently spent the last 15 years as vice president of sales and marketing for Kanata Blanket. Griffith will oversee the company’s promotional division and will be tasked with…

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Grossman Marketing Group Acquire Premier Marketing Group

Grossman Marketing Group, Somerville, Mass., a 107-year-old, fourth-generation, print and promotional products distributor, has acquired Premier Marketing Group, Manchester, Maine, expanding its full-service marketing operations and client base. The new acquisition comes just three years after Grossman Marketing Group acquired ASAP, a Norwalk, Connecticut-based promotional products firm, and just one year after Grossman acquired Fleet Business…

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Warriors Player Gives Teammates Blankets With Other Teammate’s Face

Looking for a fun gift for your coworkers or team members? Golden State Warriors center JaVale McGee has a suggestion: Give them blankets with another team member’s face on it. McGee gave his teammates giant blankets with a picture of fellow Warriors center Draymond Green’s sleeping face on them. According to Deadspin, McGee handed the…

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3-D Printer May Have Caused Couple’s Death

A Berkeley, Calif., couple was found dead in their home due to carbon monoxide poisoning. Police told KPIX 5 that the two were using a “laser 3-D printer” that vented fumes into the residence. Police evacuated the apartment building and had the fire department’s hazardous materials team search for a gas leak or other hazard,…

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Last Chance to Vote! PM Video Battle: C2BPromo Versus Prime Line

Promo 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: The Super Bowl is this weekend! Sorry, Patriots fans, but you’ve had enough happiness. This jealous Eagles fan hopes they lose miserably.) Last week, C2BPromo won, and now will face…

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Promo Company Introduces Virtual Reality Dome for Super Bowl

Unfortunately, the science community hasn’t quite mastered teleportation yet, so football fans around the country won’t be able to transport themselves to Houston for the Super Bowl in the literal sense. But a promotional products company in Chicago introduced the next-best thing for the future. Using what they call a “VPod,” which is a virtual reality…

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