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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Girls’ T-shirt Draws Criticism
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.
Read MoreGoPro Stocks Reach Record Low
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 MoreLast Chance to Vote! PM Video Battle: Transfer Express Versus Hit Promotional Products
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: 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…
Read MoreShow Me The Money: Selling to Financial Institutions
It seems like a majority of the promotional products we’ve received come from the bank. And, by that, we mean all the pens we use to sign forms and then unintentionally slip into our pockets. Oh well, now we have a lasting memory of where we like to handle our finances. Financial institutions create a…
Read MoreUSPS Introduces Augmented Reality App for Holidays
The United States Postal Service (USPS) introduced a fun augmented reality smartphone app, Delivercheer.com, to spur business and add a bit of holiday cheer to the process of mailing items. To use it, people pick up a Priority Mail box, and can choose between two animated messages: a reindeer or a penguin. [caption id=”attachment_91433″ align=”aligncenter”…
Read MoreCold December Spurs Winter Apparel Sales
In the words of just about every character from “Game of Thrones,” winter is coming. While we here in Philadelphia are dealing with the first hate-my-life cold day of the year today (thanks Polar Vortex), the experts are saying that the cold December could boost retail apparel sales by $350 million. …
Read MoreShoppers in Pro-Trump States Are Buying More Apparel
So, we already knew how much each presidential candidate spent on merchandise during the actual race. But, thanks to data from Slice Intelligence, we can see that states in which…
Read MoreCyclone Damages Chennai Roads, Electrical Infrastructure
Tropical cyclone Vardah struck the city of Chennai, India, on Monday, leaving more than 10 people dead and causing destruction in the major manufacturing city in Eastern India. The storm uprooted more than 10,000 trees, according to The Hindu, damaging roads, railway networks, and electricity and telecommunication infrastructure. https://twitter.com/anilkumble1074/status/808722172059549696 “It appears that the power system…
Read MoreProposed Capital Rules Could Threaten Shipping Industry Lending
Global shipping companies will have credit trouble if new bank capital rules go into place. The Basel Committee of banking supervisors from all over the world met last month to draft new rules for lenders…
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