I know we said McDonald’s wants you to wear your “birthday suit,” but we have to remind you (as your attorneys) not to show up to McDonald’s in the nude. This is just a clever turn of phrase on McDonald’s behalf. The fast food restaurant released a loungewear set to celebrate the the McFlurry’s 25th anniversary from home, and it sold out in an hour…
Read MoreMore and more events are figuring out that promotional products remain a key part of their strategy—and figuring out how to deliver them to virtual attendees. Crain’s New York Business just ran a story on it, namedropping a whole bunch of events that are going this route, including the New York City Wine & Food Festival and New York Comic Con, both happening virtually in October…
Read MoreAfter rap mega-star Travis Scott held a “virtual concert” for fans in Fortnite, his creative team was looking for a way to promote it with merchandise. Naturally, being that it was on a video game, the idea of branded thumbsticks—little pads for customizing a controller’s joysticks—made sense. But gaming equipment company KontrolFreek is now saying that Scott and his label Cactus Jack stole the design…
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The 2020 presidential campaign is getting even more heated with one debate in the bag and a little over a month until election day. Keeping the trend of combative merchandise, the Biden Campaign’s latest releases mock Trump’s tax returns and celebrate a quip from the debate last night. We’ve seen similar merchandise from the Trump Campaign…
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Kellogg’s is making sure that you keep those feet fresh every day of the week with a special line of branded socks that corresponds with Special K flavors and a weekly planner. All of these items come in the “Blursday Go-Away Kit,” which “aims to help people avoid the feeling that each day is blurring into the next as they spend more time at home during the pandemic.”…
Read MoreMembers of the Proud Boys, the far-right organization, are known for wearing black and yellow Fred Perry polo shirts typically seen at rallies or protests. In response, Fred Perry said it will stop selling the shirts in North America. It may not matter, as Tuesday night’s presidential debate led to new opportunities for the Proud Boys to design shirts of their own…
Read MoreFor promotional products businesses, normalcy means trade shows. We talked to promo insiders, an analyst at Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security and an executive at the International Association of Events and Exhibitions to find out what the industry is doing without shows and events, when they might return and what they’ll look like when they do…
Read MoreThe New York Yankees are much more than a baseball team. The historic “NY” logo is as much an emblem for the city itself as it a representation of the team. The Yankees could not win a single game and New Yorkers will still rock Yankees gear. So, NYC Health knew that if it promised New Yorkers some Yankees gear, it’d convince them to come out and get COVID-19 tests…
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We got our first full look at the Apple mask, a face-covering the company developed specifically for its retail and corporate employees. Like other Apple products, it’s meticulously branded and packaged, and has some original design elements that set it apart from competitors. Say what you will about Apple, but it has branding down to a science…
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InnerWorkings Inc., Chicago, announced today that its stockholders officially approved a merger with HH Global Group Limited. InnerWorkings will officially become a wholly owned subsidiary, after the deal was first announced back in July. At that time, Promo Marketing’s sister publication Print+Promo reported that HH Global would acquire InnerWorkings at a price of $3 per…
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