We will never find ourselves short on traditions in the U.S., and we are always eager to add a few more to our list. Thanks to a partnership between Dunkin’ and Saucony, it is starting to look as if we can come to expect an annual sneaker release in conjunction with the Boston Marathon. For…
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Could Maryland Make History as First State to Enact a Styrofoam Ban?
Today is already a momentous occasion for one of Promo Marketing’s neighbors to the South, as more than 6 million folks are celebrating Maryland Day, the acknowledgement of the first European settlers’ landing in the then-Providence of Maryland. Come a little more than 15 months from now, though, the population could have even more cause…
Read MoreUSPS Honors Moon Landing’s 50th Anniversary With a Pair of Stamps
No year is ever perfect, but 1969 deserves commendation as a relatively groovy year, particularly thanks to the Woodstock music festival and the recording and release of “Abbey Road” by The Beatles. No matter the majesty of those moments and many others, nothing will top the significance of the Apollo 11 lunar landing that occurred…
Read MoreNew Disney Parks Merch Collection Proves Rose Gold Is Still In
“Nature’s first green is rose gold,” offers Robert Frost as the first line to his “Nothing Gold Can Stay.” Wait, you’re telling us that the actual text doesn’t include the word “rose”? We are going to engage in critical freedom for a second and say that the four-time Pulitzer Prize winner should have made that…
Read MoreUSF Students Hate the School’s New $50,000 Logo
Students at any quality college or university will have much asked of them from various authority figures, but they must never forget that they should be equally inquisitive. Enrollees at the University of South Florida (USF) have had their curiosity compelled this entire school year and especially this past week, speaking out against their institution’s…
Read MoreWill New In-App Instagram Checkout Feature Make Its Way to Promo?
No matter the endeavor, anyone who is looking to attract long-term attention must specialize in convenience. Thanks to its 1 billion active monthly users, Instagram has come to enhance its plans to land more of that engrossed pull, with Promo Marketing last year having taken a late-summer look at the site’s growing reliance on e-commerce…
Read MoreLouis Vuitton Pulls Michael Jackson Apparel Items as Documentary Fallout Mounts
He might have been “The King of Pop” when he topped the charts, but the posthumous press that Michael Jackson has received over the contents of the “Leaving Neverland” documentary is proving a royal pain to his legacy. While the public is pondering the lasting impressions it will associate with the singer based on the…
Read MoreGordon Ramsay’s ‘Idiot Sandwich’ Skit to Get Its Own Promotional Earmuffs
Ever since “Hell’s Kitchen” began to tear up the ratings in the early part of this decade, we have considered ourselves fans of its irascible host, the immortal Gordon Ramsay. Our admiration for his often less-than-cordial manner hit its peak in 2015, through a skit on “The Late Late Show with James Corden” in which…
Read MoreHozier Makes Fun Change to Merch Website After Fan’s Twitter Suggestion
When people are using it for good and not evil, Twitter can prove an interesting form of communication. For user Nat Dali, who goes by the handle @chastitysundae on the social networking service, the platform just became a way for her to compel the musician Hozier to modify his website. At Dali’s suggestion, the singer,…
Read MoreMarc Jacobs Says He Didn’t Steal Nirvana Logo for T-shirt, Claims He Invented Grunge
With respect to comedic assertions of prowess, we had long thought that nothing would ever top the account by Dr. Evil, in “Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery,” that his father would revel in making “outrageous claims like he invented the question mark.” That stance changed when we learned that on Friday, Marc Jacobs, already…
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