Nationwide Promotions LLC, San Diego, Calif., announced that it is shutting its doors effective today.
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EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt Reportedly Wants Agency’s Challenge Coin, Branded Office Items to Feature Less EPA, More Scott Pruitt
Scott Pruitt, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), wants to redesign the agency’s “challenge coin,” a commemorative medallion that draws inspiration from military challenge coins. Currently, the EPA’s challenge coin includes the agency’s logo, but Pruitt apparently wants to ditch that altogether in favor of some more personal imagery. The New York Times reported…
Read MoreBEL Promo Hires Susan Lewandowski as General Manager
BEL Promo, Medley, Fla., announced that Susan Lewandowski is joining the company as general manager, and will lead the new BEL Promo transformation into 2018 and beyond. Lewandowski spent 23 years with ASI in various roles, including supplier sales manager, special projects manager and tradeshow manager. More recently, she…
Read MoreNot Everyone Is Happy About the Minnesota Twins’ Ballpark-Exclusive Prince Merchandise
After Prince passed away in 2016, there’s been no shortage of commemorative merchandise or pride in one’s Minnesota heritage. Both typically came with a lot of the color purple. The Minnesota Twins are looking to cash in on both at the start of this year’s MLB season by offering exclusive Prince merchandise at Target Field.…
Read MorePPAI Reports 9% Increase In Promotional Products Industry Sales, Highest Sales Volume in 18 Years
PPAI’s annual industry sales numbers are out, and the results are encouraging. In a press release yesterday, PPAI reported that promotional products industry sales for 2017 increased 9.31 percent, totaling $23.3 billion. That’s the highest sales volume in 18 years. To compare, the industry saw a sales increase of only 2.4 percent in 2016. PPAI…
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Read MoreThe Masters Doubles Merch Shop Size, Has 125 Styles of Hats, 64 Registers
The most popular item at the Masters is the green jacket. There’s no denying that. But, as only one person can leave Augusta National with it, we have to settle for insane amount of branded merchandise that was available at the new Main Golf Shop, which was built on the spot of the old press…
Read MoreCotton Prices Could Reach Five-Year High Next Year—What Increased Costs, Environmental Impacts and More Mean for Apparel
It’s unlikely that cotton will lose its spot as the top material for apparel production any time soon, but increasing costs, uncertain availability and several other issues are worth monitoring…
Read MoreFederal Court Unanimously Rules in Favor of ETS Express in S’well Lawsuit
After a 10-month court case and two-week trial, a federal court in New York unanimously ruled in favor of ETS Express, which had been sued by Can’t Live Without It LLC, doing business as S’Well Bottle, for trademark infringement. The jury decided on March 29 that ETS Express is not liable on all counts, citing…
Read MoreWhat to Do When Weather Isn’t on Your Business’ Side
There are some things we just can’t plan for or change. The weather is one of those things. No matter how well we try to control everything, there are always unavoidable roadblocks that we have to overcome. Jean Moore, account executive for BrandAlliance,…
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