May 23 to 27 is Promotional Products Work! (PPW) week, an international grassroots event led by the Promotional Products Association International (PPAI), Irving, Texas, and the promotional products industry to raise awareness about the benefits of promotional products among advertisers, marketers and media buyers. PPAI will join together with industry distributors, suppliers and stakeholders to…
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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: My birthday is on Sunday! Celebrate accordingly.) Last week, PWS emerged victorious, and now will face off against Prime Line. The winner will be decided by a simple poll. The…
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Today, the U.S. Department of Labor announced that President Barack Obama and Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez announced the publication of the Department of Labor’s final rule to update overtime regulations and automatically extend overtime pay protections to more than 4 million workers within its first year. This new legislation sets the standard salary level…
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A promotional products distributor is seeking $300 million from Paris Business Products Inc., Westampton, N.J., for allegedly cheating it out of commission from a new jump-starter for cars. According to…
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Investcorp Bank, a Bahrain-based investment firm, currently is exploring a sale of Polyconcept, Roelofarendsveen, Holland, potentially worth more than $1.3 billion. Reuters reported that Investcorp Bank is working with two other investment banks, William Blair & Co. LLC and Barclays PLC, in the auction for Polyconcept. The auction currently is in its second round of…
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Sports fans can be brutal. Have you ever showed up to a game wearing the away team’s colors? You’re likely to be on the receiving end of some glares (or worse).…
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Though his run for the presidency is over, Sen. Ted Cruz’s campaign merchandise was a hot commodity at the Texas GOP convention. According to The Dallas Morning News, merchandisers had a large surplus of…
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Hip-hop artist Chance the Rapper just released his new mixtape, “Coloring Book,” and to commemorate the release, he put new merchandise items on his Web store. What’s interesting, however, is that all of the items are fully customizable. Chance…
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Previously, we reported on the amounts each presidential candidate was spending on promotional products. Now, we can take a look at how much supporters are buying, and which candidates are selling the most products. According to The Fiscal Times, Donald Trump and Sen. Bernie Sanders are leading the pack in terms of merchandise. Trump and…
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: Happy Friday the 13th! Try not to walk under any ladders/cross paths with any black cats today. Or do both if you like to live dangerously.) Last week, Staples…
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