Promo Marketing’s Video Battle pits two industry videos against each other for the chance at the ultimate bragging right: Being declared our readership’s absolute favorite. (Next up: Is it baseball season yet? I’m ready for baseball.) Last week, 4imprint came away with a win, and now will face off against C2BPromo. The winner will be decided by…
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McDonald’s Big Mac Sauce on Sale for $10,000
Were you one of the lucky McDonald’s fans to grab a bottle of its secret Big Mac sauce? If not, you might have to pay a pretty penny to get one. People are already selling the bottles, which were given away this week at participating restaurants, online for as high as $10,000. (Yes, we meant…
Read MoreCimpress Announces Restructure
Cimpress, Venlo, Netherlands, announced its intention to decentralize the company’s operations. According to a press release, Cimpress’ central groups will only include global procurement and supplier research following the changes. “This decentralization is a natural outgrowth of our strategy and consistent with the evolution of our organization as we pursue that strategy,” Robert Keane, CEO…
Read More3 NBA Teams Officially Add Sponsor Patches
We’ve been aware that the NBA would start putting advertisements on jerseys for a while now. But, until today, we could only imagine what they would look like. Three teams—the Boston Celtics, Sacramento Kings and Philadelphia 76ers—unveiled their jerseys for the 2017-18 season, which include branded patches for sponsors GE, Blue Diamond Almonds and Stubhub,…
Read MoreWhat’s In the Inauguration Ball Gift Bag?
We all know Donald Trump is no stranger to branding. His presidential campaign was heavy on branding efforts, like signage and his trademark caps. So, it makes logical sense that attendees at the inauguration ball received some branded products in a gift bag. Thanks to Us Weekly, we got to see what was inside without…
Read MoreOur Favorite Products From the PGA Merchandise Show
The PGA Merchandise Show is always a good opportunity to see what’s new in the world of golf apparel, technology and more. This year was no different. Thanks to Golf Digest, we got to take a look at some of the most interesting items that popped up at this year’s show that promotional products distributors…
Read MoreArizona Law Requires Officials to Report Promo Expenses, But No One Does
A law in Arizona requires local politicians to report to the Department of Administration (ADOA) when they spend public funds on promotional items that include their names or photographs. This includes elected city, county and school-board officials. However, due to the lack of any real consequence consequence for not obeying the law, it’s rarely followed. According…
Read MoreMcDonald’s to Give Big Mac Sauce Away as Promotion
We in America are no strangers to the “special sauce” on Big Macs from McDonald’s. You know, that mysterious, pinkish stuff that you can’t get anywhere else? Well, McDonald’s has seemingly opened the secret vault where it keeps its sauce, and is giving it out in bottles as a promotional tool. That’s right, for one day…
Read MoreProtests, Arrests in Bangladesh Over Factory Conditions
A month ago, protests began in Bangladesh over low wages at major manufacturing factories for companies like H&M and Gap. As a result, police officers in areas surrounding the capital city of Dhaka have detained at least 14 labor activists since the protests began in December. The New York Times reported that factory managers have…
Read MoreWould-Be Packers, Steelers Super Bowl Merchandise
Boy, did you watch those NFL conference championship games? Not exactly close ones, were they? While there wasn’t much hope during the games for the Packers or Steelers to squeeze out victories (especially the Packers, yeesh), merchandise celebrating their theoretical wins still exists. Here are some of our favorites, thanks to SportsLogos.net: 1. Super Bowl…
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