Adidas and Thom Browne Battle In Court Over Horizontal Stripes

The court case between Adidas and designer brand Thom Browne reached Manhattans’s Southern District Court yesterday, where it will be decided whether Thom Browne infringed on Adidas’ iconic three-stripe motif with its own horizontal stripe design. Adidas is seeking damages of $867,225, which it claims is the amount it would have made in licensing fees…

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The ‘Ice Embosser’ Puts a Logo Onto Ice Cubes

Restaurants, hotels and other hospitality industry businesses need to put their logo in as many places as possible. There are plenty of opportunities, too: towels, drinkware, napkins, signage, apparel, the list goes on and on. But, for the most part, the branding experience stops at the things the customer actually consumes. It doesn’t have to.…

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What to Know When You Don’t Know

I have heard lots of excuses for people not to making sales calls or recruiting calls. One of the most common excuses I hear is that people are afraid they may be asked a question for which they don’t have an answer. They are afraid that not having all the answers will make them look…

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Fully Promoted Appoints Andrew Titus as President

Fully Promoted, West Palm Beach, FL, announced the appointment of Andrew Titus as its new brand president. Titus, who also serves as executive vice president of development for United Franchise Group (UFG), will leverage his extensive franchise sales and development experience to accelerate the growth of Fully Promoted, both…

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H&M Already Pulled the Licensed Justin Bieber Collection

After Justin Bieber took to Instagram to complain about an unapproved merchandise line, H&M is pulling all of the products with his face and lyrics on them. “H&M has followed all proper approval procedures, as awe have done in this case, but out of respect for the collaboration and Justin Bieber, we have removed the…

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