Before Los Angeles-based American Apparel filed for bankruptcy last month, the company sent about 250,000 lbs. of fabric to Tri-Star Dyeing and Finishing Co., Santa Fe Springs, Calif. After doing some of the work before the bankruptcy filing, Tri-Star initially refused to dye the rest of the fabric until American Apparel paid a $100,000 invoice…
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Nalgene, the Rochester, N.Y.-based manufacturer of water bottles and thermoses, is getting in on the comic book hype train thanks to a new line of Marvel-branded bottles. According to ComicBook.com, the line includes 13 different designs on 32 oz. bottles, featuring characters like Captain America, Iron Man, Black Widow, The Incredible Hulk, Black Panther and…
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After more American Airlines employees experienced hives and rashes from their new work uniforms, the employees demanded a recall of more than 70,000 uniforms. Now, American Airlines CEO Doug…
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The holiday season is a time for sharing. For promotional products professionals, it’s great when that sharing involves end-users sharing photos using a product. Nicholas D’Eramo, co-owner of Triple Stitch Promotions, Prospect, Conn., described a promotion that landed his client…
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Discount Labels, New Albany, Ind.; and Lancer Label, Obama, Neb., are merging, effective Jan. 1, 2017. Moving forward, the company will be known as Discount Labels, and will be a single provider for its distributors. “We have been in a strategic partnership for many months,” Eric Lanz, senior vice president of Discount Labels, told Broadway…
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The best way to create a sure-fire promotion is to give out a product that the end-users will actually use and keep. Or, if you can’t do that, give them something they’ll have to pry from the clawed clutches of their cats by sending them catnip-infused direct mail. Yes, this is real. The American Genius…
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Lands’ End Business Outfitters, Dodgeville, Wis., announced that it has hired Jerome Griffith as CEO, taking over for co-interim CEOs Joseph Boitano and James Gooch. Griffith served as CEO of Tumi from 2009 until the company’s sale in August 2016. Before that, he held executive positions at Esprit Holdings Limited and Tommy Hilfiger, according to…
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Next, a British fashion chain, is under scrutiny after some customers saw a girls’ T-shirt as sexist. The shirt, which reads “With the Band,” drew criticism after some thought it belittled girls into only being groupies or fans, rather than able to be in the bands themselves, The Mirror wrote.
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GoPro, the popular action camera company, has been having a tough go of it on the stock market right now. Shares fell 2 percent yesterday to hit the company’s lowest level so far. This has been a steady trend for the company, after GoPro’s stock lost more than half its value this year, according to…
Read MorePromo 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: I’ve decided that if I ever start a metal band, I’m calling it Polar Vortex. So no one else can take that name!) Last week, Transfer Express won, and now…
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