While the number of imports at the Port of Los Angeles decreased this month, overall imports are still set for record numbers at the West Coast ports. Meanwhile, more than 100 ships are waiting along the coast for access. Part of the problem is an influx of small ships meant to ease supply chain delays…
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COVID Outbreaks in Another Major Chinese Manufacturing Hub Cause Year-End Slowdowns
COVID outbreaks in China’s Zhejiang province, a major manufacturing hub, have caused factories and ports to shut down, creating even more backlogs for items like plastics, apparel and textile dyes. Port operators in southern China are anticipating suspensions up to six weeks over the Lunar New Year holiday due to quarantine measures…
Read More2021 Supplier Excellence Awards Showcase: SnugZ USA
SnugZ USA has had some advantages during the pandemic. The supplier makes and decorates many of its own items, helping it avoid delays associated with bringing in finished goods from overseas. It has a diverse product offering, allowing it to adapt to demand and build up stock in top-selling items. And, perhaps most importantly, it never stops innovating…
Read MoreEscape Room T-shirts Combine Great Design, Printed Materials for Immersive Game Fans Can Play at Home
While many escape rooms simply closed up shop during the pandemic, Champaign-Urbana Adventures In Time & Space decided to get creative. If people were wary of coming out to the escape room, then CU Adventures would bring the escape room to them via T-shirt. But not just any T-shirt…
Read MoreWingstop Furthers Commitment to Environmentalism With Launch of Sustainable Uniforms
Wingstop recently launched a new uniform program featuring clothing made from recycled plastic water bottles. The brand estimates more than 2 million plastic water bottles will be recycled to make the new clothing. The LogoLink Group (a Boundless Network affiliate) and supplier HTT Apparel helped create the uniforms…
Read MoreLike Cereal-Box Prizes for Adults: LandShark Put Branded Winter Merchandise Inside 24-Packs of Beer
As kids, few things were as exciting as digging to the bottom of a cereal box for a prize. As adults, we have fewer opportunities to taste such sweet victory. But, unlike childhood, we can buy beer now, and Landshark Canada is giving customers a way to feel that thrill by putting branded merchandise inside 24-packs…
Read MoreSelco Founder Larry Abels Passes Away at 82
Larry Joseph Abels passed away at the age of 82 on Sept. 21, 2021, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, surrounded and supported by his family and friends. Ziprea “Zippy” Abels Massie and Jerome Abels of Healdton, Oklahoma, welcomed Larry as their first-born child on Feb. 11, 1939. He enjoyed the life…
Read MoreA&W Upcycles its Old Promo Merchandise for ‘Thrift Store’ Collection
A&W is turning old and leftover promotional apparel into a fresh new streetwear collection called the “Thrift Store Collection.” Each of the 47 pieces is unique and made from upcycled promotional items, some of which feature a Frankenstein-esque, “sewn-together” look…
Read MoreMark Gammon Promoted to CEO of Cap America
Cap America, Fredericktown, Missouri, announced that Mark Gammon, currently the company’s president and chief operating officer, has been appointed to CEO. Gammon will assume the new role on Jan. 1, 2022, the start of the company’s new fiscal year. Gammon succeeds founder and current CEO Phil Page…
Read MorePantone Announces 2022 Color of the Year: Very Peri
Pantone has revealed its 2022 Color of the Year: Very Peri, a bluish purple the Pantone says “displays a carefree confidence and a daring curiosity that animates our creative spirit.” The Pantone Color of the Year is a hue that the Pantone Color Institute believes encapsulates the general theme or feeling of society going into the year…
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