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The Pittsburgh Pirates went through with a promotion featuring a bobblehead of infielder Jung Ho Kang, the subject of a sexual assault investigation, but offered fans an alternative promotion.
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Shumsky, Dayton, Ohio, announced that Keith Hawk, senior vice president of sales of LexisNexis Inc., has joined the Shumsky advisory board, effective immediately. Hawk’s professional background includes more than 30 years in a wide variety of roles (e.g., senior vice president of sales, vice president of customer support, director of marketing, director of technical support)…
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Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Bill Mahre, president of ADG Promotional Products. I received an invitation to participate on a recent panel discussion (as one of four ad-specialty suppliers). It was on the state of the industry in front of 800-plus key distributors and suppliers was a terrific opportunity to review key challenges…
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: It’s 108 degrees outside with the heat index right now. Or, as we like to call it, video game weather.) Last week, Logomark won its fourth battle, earning…
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The 2016 Specialty Advertising Association of California (SAAC) Show wrapped up yesterday, and we got to take a good look around the showroom floor. While the sun in Southern California sure was nice, getting to check out some cool promotional products really was the highlight for us. Here are some of the items that stood…
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Maybe I’m too materialistic, but I’ve spent a decent amount of time obsessing over the value of this year’s Olympic gold medals. Last month, we learned that the…
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BDA LLC, Woodinvile, Wash., a merchandise agency serving Fortune 1000 companies worldwide, announced this week that it has…
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Dennis East International LLC, Yarmouth Port, Mass., is recalling its Whiskey Glass and Stone Sets after receiving two reports of the whiskey glass spontaneously breaking. The set includes a 16 oz. clear glass, four…
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HALO Branded Solutions, San Diego, recently concluded its annual national sales meeting with record attendance of more than 250 of the company’s top account executives and more than 150 supplier personnel from HALO Branded Solutions’ Preferred Supplier Program at…
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If the number of merchandise queries determined presidential elections, Donald Trump would have an advantage over Hillary Clinton. According to Multichannel Merchant, the Republican presidential nominee has Clinton beat in merchandise searches. Currently, Trump is outnumbering Clinton at a ratio of almost five-to-one. But, those aren’t the only numbers to consider. The numbers immediately following…
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