Coca-Cola Says It Won’t Shift Away from Plastic Bottles

At a time where more and more people and businesses are looking at single-use plastics and saying, “You know what, maybe we should find more environmentally friendly options,” Coca-Cola is looking at its plastic bottles and saying, “Nah. We’re going to keep using these.” Coca-Cola’s head of sustainability Bea Perez said at the World Economic…

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Gary Dials of Shumsky Receives CAS Certification from PPAI

Gary Dials, e-commerce manager at Shumsky, Dayton, Ohio, earned the certification of Certified Advertising Specialist (CAS) administered by Promotional Products Association International (PPAI). CAS is one of the promotional products industry’s premier professional designations. Individuals with a PPAI certification are industry…

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Nancy Pelosi’s Impeachment Pens Did Not Cost $15,000

Rumors swirled around that the custom-engraved pens Speaker Nancy Pelosi used to sign the articles of impeachment cost as much as $450,000. Those theories were debunked quickly, including by the manufacturer of the pens, who has engraved pens for the president, too.

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Peloton Teams Up with Athleta, Hill City for Apparel Capsule

After putting itself in the hotseat over a questionable advertisement during the holiday season, the fitness company Peloton is doing a little bit of backpedaling, so to speak. (We promise this will be the only pun in this story.) Despite the commercial backlash, Peloton has become one of the biggest names in the sort of “luxury…

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A24’s Store Is Full of ‘Uncut Gems’ Promotional Gems

We (Brendan) still haven’t seen “Uncut Gems,” but we’ve enjoyed pretty much every other Adam Sandler movie where he breaks out of his fart joke bubble and moves into drama territory under the tutelage of some legacy studio or director. He’s teamed up with A24 for “Uncut Gems,” which we previously reported hosted a cool…

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Mastercard Is Serious About This ‘Sonic Branding’ Thing

Mastercard is still unveiling a multi-sensory branding campaign. In September it released a “brand flavor” in the form of promotional macarons, and this week at the CES show in Vegas it unveiled the next form of its branding: Mastercard’s first musical single. The “sonic brand” will be incorporated into just about every media form related…

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