Kanye West headed to Jamaica this weekend for his most recent Sunday Service event in support of his upcoming album, “Jesus Is King.” But his decision to include Jamaican government and national symbols in the accompanying merch has met with opposition from inhabitants and the country’s entertainment minister, who demanded that West withdraw the items from his online store…
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Toronto Raptors Fans Raise $34,000 to Produce and Distribute 7,000 Pro-Hong Kong T-shirts Before Home Opener
A Los Angeles Lakers fan is planning to distribute crowdfunded pro-Hong Kong T-shirts Tuesday when the California club opens its campaign. That same night, supporters of the Toronto Raptors will also make their feelings known through a T-shirt that declares “The North Stand with Hong Kong”…
Read MoreWhy Merch Sales for a North Carolina Fair Spiked 1,200%
Change can prove difficult to accept, but it can also end up being pretty lucrative. Organizers of the Dixie Classic Fair, which is changing its name for next year, learned the latter recently, as the 137th edition of the North Carolina gathering netted a 1,200 percent increase in merch sales over 2018’s tallies, with the pending name change surely the cause…
Read MoreYouTube Adds Another Feature to Help Musical Artists Sell Merch Directly From Platform
Who among us has not enjoyed going down the rabbit hole when watching YouTube? One video leads to another, and that second clip leads to six zillion more. In short, YouTube has been a sweetheart to video-sharing fans since its Valentine’s Day 2005 debut, and it is looking to prolong the spark for ages to…
Read MoreThese Are the Most Visible Brand Logos Online (According to Brandwatch)
Heading to Twitter to inspect which brands’ logos enjoy the most distinction can seem like an artistic version of playing “Where’s Waldo?” The folks at Brandwatch decided to engage in such an investigation to determine the top 50 logos that make the most appearances through the social media platform, analyzing 50 million images to do…
Read MoreFacebook Runs Into Trademark Issue With Logo for Digital Currency Brand
Brands are always looking to outdo their competitors, but what happens when seeking an edge leaves a company dangling from a cliff? It appears Facebook will soon have an answer to that inquiry, as its planned Calibra cryptocurrency is not only undergoing severe scrutiny but also facing accusations that the concept’s logo is a rip-off…
Read MoreAtlanta Braves Cancel Foam Tomahawk Giveaway (Likely Permanently) After Criticism
The tomahawk chop has proven a huge part of the Atlanta Braves’ identity since the 1991 season, when the MLB club pulled off the worst-to-first feat and advanced to the World Series. The gesture has attracted many detractors in the ensuing 28 years, but it was a complaint from a visiting player that caused the…
Read MoreArby’s Launches Oktoberfest Merch Line Featuring ‘Meaterhosen’
The world is so unabashedly strenuous at times that we all need ample sources of levity to carry us through our days. Arby’s, quite familiar with sating the public not only with its line of sandwiches but also through innovative merch concepts, has again chosen to be a harbinger of happiness through an Oktoberfest merch line that gave us a chuckle over its inclusion of “Meaterhosen”…
Read MoreChinese Retailers Are Removing Houston Rockets Branded Merch as NBA/China Rift Widens
Over the last 12 years, only the San Antonio Spurs have won more NBA games than the Houston Rockets, a period that has encompassed the career of Daryl Morey as the latter’s general manager. Their success has helped the club to become popular in China, thanks to the career of since-retired center Yao Ming, but…
Read MoreThe Washington Redskins Are a Mess and We Have the T-shirts to Prove It
The 0-5 record that the Redskins find themselves staring at reminds us that political turmoil is not the only topic on the minds of folks in the Washington, D.C. area. The gridiron gridlock that the three-time Super Bowl champions are experiencing has met with responses from the apparel world, with at least four T-shirts expressing…
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