After reporting what CEO Fred Durham called “disappointing” fiscal year 2017 results, CafePress has continued with another batch of layoffs, and has parted ways with its chief operating officer and two board members. This comes after a first wave of layoffs in January, when the company let go of 14 employees and Durham slashed his…
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President Trump’s plan to implement new and escalated tariffs against China and the European Union is close to reality, as White House officials said that he plans to announce tariffs against China tomorrow, to penalize the country for intellectual property theft. The package of tariffs, estimated to be about $60 billion in total, is part…
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Yesterday, Geiger, Lewiston, Maine, announced that it has acquired London-based distributor BTC Group, which will continue business across Europe as Geiger BTC Group. The talks began about six months ago, with Geiger CEO Gene Geiger and BTC Group managing director Frank Murphy (who will continue in his position) discussing the various ways their companies could…
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UMBC sold more than 3,000 T-shirts in one night after its historic win over the University of Virginia, and is scrambling to trademark “Retrievers.”
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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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