President Trump has made international trade one of the tenets of his platform since his presidential campaign for began. Following his election, the president has questioned the effectiveness of trade agreements like the Trans-Pacific Partnership, NAFTA and more. Trump has brought up the idea of tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. Most recently, the president…
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Hidden Valley seems to have this weird understanding of how to make insane yet marketable promotional items to advertise its dressing. We saw Hidden Valley pump out items like slippers and T-shirts for the “ultimate Ranch fan,” (whoever that may be). While promotions like that appeal to the masses, Hidden Valley is going a bit…
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We’ve dug into the Oscars gift bag and all of the extravagant (and expensive) stuff inside of it. But the gift bags didn’t just materialize. As we know, assembling the bags was a somewhat controversial topic last year due to the bag’s sort of official-yet-unofficial status. And it’s pretty…
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Promo Marketing’s sister publication, Print+Promo, released its Under 40 list, which celebrates workers in the print and promotional industries making waves before their 40th birthdays. Among the print and promo professionals, there are a few names that likely will stand out to distributors working in the promo side of things, like Miles Wadsworth from Logo…
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What do you do when you’re finished with your chewing gum? Hopefully, you don’t just spit it out on the street or stick it under a table like an animal. Ideally, you’d find a proper receptacle for it. Until recently, the immediate choice would be a trash can, but thanks to a U.K. designer, there…
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Skechers is one of the most ubiquitous shoe companies in the U.S., with styles popular among children and adults. With $4 billion in net sales last year, it’s the second-best-selling sneaker brand in the country, according to Apparel News. And now the company is expanding its offerings by launching Skechers Apparel, a new wholesale apparel…
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At first glance, Lufthansa’s rebrand is a subtle one. The specific hue of blue it’s used since the ’60s is a shade or two darker, and the yellow is replaced by white. It’s not an earth-shattering change by any stretch, but the German company’s reasoning behind the color change reflects a greater trend in advertising:…
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The Arizona Diamondbacks are bringing back the golf cart formerly used to bring pitchers to the mound, and using it as a promotional product.
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The Trump Organization reportedly ordered “dozens” of new golf tee markers with the presidential seal to be used at Trump golf courses. And that, by definition, is illegal. It’s a violation of Title 18 of U.S. Code § 713, which states that using the seal of the U.S. President (among other government seals) of the…
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3M, Minneapolis, announced yesterday that CEO Inge Thulin will move to a newly created position—executive chairman—and will be replaced by current chief operating officer Michael Roman. Roman has been with 3M for 30 years, according to the Post and Courier, and had led the company’s Industrial Business Group (the company’s largest group) as chief strategy…
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