Vietnam has grown to become one of the top apparel manufacturing hubs as companies diversify their sourcing. But with the country imposing more lockdowns this week to stop the spread of the Delta variant, apparel sellers are up against yet another supply chain disruption…
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Kanye West Sold $7M in Merchandise During ‘Donda’ Listening Party, Drops Presidential Album Merch
After a few delays, Kanye West finally dropped his new album, “Donda.” For someone like Kanye, whose marketability is through the roof and whose approach is multi-faceted with every creative endeavor he pursues, it’s no surprise that there’s a big merchandising push as part of the album release…
Read MoreCalifornia Ports Facing Record Container Ship Backlog as Supply Chain Issues Worsen
A record 44 container ships are currently waiting to access the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. The combination of labor shortages, COVID shutdowns at international ports and the holiday season rise in demand has created a perfect storm of shipping issues…
Read MoreReal Madrid Finds Huge Merch Store Success From Instagram Shopping Tags
Spanish soccer giant Real Madrid has seen some pretty impressive e-commerce growth from Instagram. After gaining 12 million new followers from 2020 to 2021, the club reported that 75,000 Instagram users accessed the official Real Madrid online merch store through Instagram…
Read MoreWrestling League Buys ‘Entire Country’s Supply’ of Ringer T-shirts for Star’s Return, Sells Out Completely
Demand was so high for wrestling star CM Punk’s ringer T-shirts that the Pro Wrestling Tees webstore shut down for nearly 24 hours. Once it came back online, the store ran out of the ringer tees altogether and had to start printing the design on other T-shirts it had in stock…
Read MoreThese Promotional Skateboards Were Screen Printed Using Tony Hawk’s Blood
Tony Hawk is synonymous with skateboarding. He’s attached his name to a giant list of brands over his decades-spanning career, boosting the profiles of everything from Bagel Bites to Mini Coopers. Now, in partnership with Liquid Death Mountain Water, he’s attaching his blood—for real…
Read MoreWhat We Learned From 1,000 People’s ‘Perfect Band T-shirt’ Preferences
What makes the “perfect” band T-shirt? It’s a question as old as music itself, and we finally have some answers. A new survey of 1,000 music fans sheds some light on band T-shirt preferences, from long people keep their shirts to what colors they prefer (and much more). Let’s dive in…
Read More5 Things to Know About Selling Promotional Socks and Footwear
To get a toehold on what customers and end-users are looking for in promotional footwear, we spoke with Chloe Ayres, marketing manager for Sock Club, Austin, Texas, and Kaydee Walter, marketing specialist for Strideline, Seattle. Here are five big things to know…
Read MorePromotional Writing Instruments: Trends, Sales Challenges and Opportunities
How do you go about selecting winning writing instruments that customers and end-users will love? We asked four supplier experts about what end-users are looking for in their writing instruments, updated trends and products, sales challenges and more…
Read MoreRobinhood Investors Use Earnings Call to Ask the Big Question: When Can We Get Branded Merch?
Robinhood, the stock trading and investing app, held its second quarter earnings call last week, giving shareholders the opportunity to ask questions about the company’s financials. The fifth top-voted question: When can we get some Robinhood branded merch?
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