Canada’s 150th birthday is July 1 (don’t worry, neighbor, you don’t look a day over 100), and Canadians are going all out for the big day. According to The Huffington Post, Canada 150 merchandise is the hottest commodity in town. “It’s been unprecedented,” said Glen Miller, co-owner of Great Canadian Gift Company in Ancaster, Ontario.…
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Usually, when a minor league baseball team runs a new uniform promotion, it’s a home run. However, this new West Michigan Whitecaps Snapchat Selfie jersey is just plain wrong. According to Detroit Sports Nation, the Whitecaps will wear these jerseys against the Dayton Dragons on June 29, and they are truly eyesores. Seriously, if you’re looking…
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When California voted to legalize marijuana on January 1, 2018, we assumed marijuana merchandise would follow in Canada’s footsteps. However, it looks like a new bill being considered in the state Legislature would ban all branded merchandise, according to LA Weekly. Senate Bill 162, introduced by state Sen. Ben…
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The big Amazon news just keeps on coming. Last week, we reported on the unveiling of Amazon Wardrobe, a new Amazon Prime service intending to convert retail shoppers to online shoppers. This week, The Philadelphia Tribune is reporting that Nike might be cutting out the middleman, and selling…
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Fundraisers, walk-a-thons, pledge drives and so much more. These days, nonprofits have many ways to reach their prospective and long-time donors. And while we’d like to think that giving for giving’s sake is enough to reach fundraising goals, the reality is that nonprofits are increasingly relying on promotional products to increase brand awareness, and subsequently, increase donations…
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Part of being in the promotional products industry is always staying ahead of the trends. While promotional apparel tends to follow retail, there’s no reason not to skip ahead and integrate color trends ahead of time. Based off fashion influencers, these color trends are going to be huge going forward, and they could pay off…
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In case you missed it, the NHL unveiled all 31 of its new Adidas uniforms. Now, my knowledge of hockey ends at Emilio Estevez being the greatest hockey coach of all time, so obviously, I’m not the most informed when it comes to hockey uniforms. With that being said, I am going to judge these…
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Sustainable fabrics and resources are all the rage right now. Even Patagonia is betting on feces and dried beetles for its next apparel campaign. So, when Sundried developed a 100 percent sustainable fabric from recycled coffee grounds (which sounds slightly more appealing than feces and dried beetles), we just had to check it out. According…
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The Pentagon is in trouble this week for news it wasted as much as $28 million over 10 years buying woodland camouflage uniforms for the Afghan army, according to USA Today. The Afghan Defense Minister picked the pricey forest color pattern over free camouflage pattern options…
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While Amazon made headlines worldwide when it announced that it purchased Whole Foods for a whopping $13.7 billion, the latest Amazon news will be a huge shakeup to the apparel industry. As we already know, Amazon has been taking steps to become the next dominating force in the apparel industry, from its new athleisure line…
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