One thing that has helped maintain a sense of normalcy is the fact that student-athletes will still leave their bowl games with some impressive gift bags. As we do just about every year, we got to take a look at some of the gift bags going toward players lucky enough to play on such a big stage. Here’s a rundown of some of the most interesting, upscale, fun or fitting promotional gifts…
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Custom Apparel Company Surprises Cleveland Browns Locker Room With ‘Playoff Pound’ Shirts
The Cleveland Browns have made the playoffs. Crazy, right? Since this hasn’t happened since 2002, some celebrations were in order. GV Art + Design, an apparel company based in Cleveland, surprised the team (as much as the team surprised us) with T-shirts in a box labeled “do not open until Sunday 4 p.m.,” when it was safe to say they were officially playoff-bound…
Read MorePokemon GO Players Can Now Get In-Game Apparel From The North Face and Gucci
Capitalizing on the character-customization features of the game, the makers of Pokemon GO formed an outside-the-box partnership with Gucci and The North Face, giving players a chance to deck their virtual selves out in some designer clothing and accessories. This is similar to what we’ve seen from some other apparel brands in recent months…
Read MoreCotton Prices Hit Two-Year High After Bad Weather, Chinese Import Bans
Cotton prices have hit a two-year high after dry weather affected crops and concerns grow over products sourced from forced labor in China. According to The Wall Street Journal, the U.S. Department of Agriculture expects the smallest domestic cotton yield in five years. One farmer in Texas told WSJ that drought has reduced his cotton harvest by about a third this year…
Read MorePrintify Drops Kyle Rittenhouse Merchandise Created by Family
In December, Printify, the on-demand custom merchandise platform, was selling “Free Kyle” merchandise created by the family of Kyle Rittenhouse, the teenager charged with shooting and killing two people and injuring one during the August protests in Kenosha, Wis. Last week, Printify issued a statement that it will no longer sell the merchandise, claiming that it violates company policy…
Read MoreRaining Rose Inc.’s Jon Hicks Named PPAChicago Volunteer of the Year
Jon Hicks, midwest sales executive for Raining Rose Inc., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was named the 2020 Volunteer of the Year by the Promotional Professionals Association of Chicago (PPAChicago). PPAChicago is a not-for-profit trade association made up of promotional product industry…
Read MoreKFC Made a Fully Functional Video Game Console That Also Heats Up Chicken
The holiday shopping frenzy might’ve been dominated by the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X, but one gaming platform raised the most eyebrows (and smelled the best). We’re talking about the KFConsole, a fully functional branded video game console made by KFC that also keeps chicken warm…
Read MoreBudweiser Sent Personalized Beer Bottles to Every Goalkeeper Lionel Messi Scored On
To celebrate soccer superstar Lionel Messi’s goal-scoring milestone, Budweiser sent 644 personalized beer bottles to all of the goalkeepers Messi scored on. Each label had the corresponding goal number printed on it, and the beer came in a custom box…
Read MoreERB Industries Announces Acquisition by Delta Plus Group
ERB Industries Inc., doing business as ERB Safety and Fame Fabrics, a manufacturer of personal protective equipment and commercial apparel, announced that the company has been acquired by Delta Plus Group, headquartered in Apt, France. Delta Plus Group is a premier global manufacturer of head-to-toe safety equipment for workers in construction and general industry. For…
Read MoreNow Travis Scott Has a Co-Branded Seltzer with Anheuser-Busch
We can’t think of many artists more marketable right now than Travis Scott. In 2020 alone, he’s teamed up with LeBron James to design T-shirts for high school seniors, worked with McDonald’s for the first of its extremely expansive artist tie-in projects, and released video game accessories (and got sued over it). This is all…
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