After the 129-year-old Fiesta San Antonio was rescheduled from April to November due to the COVID-19 pandemic, local artist Robert Tatum created fiesta-specific merchandise through a T-shirt and can cooler that bear the festival’s name along with the image of an empty toilet paper roll…
Read MoreThis is a list of promotional products suppliers that have announced temporary closures due to statewide shutdowns or other disruptions related to COVID-19. This list will be continually updated with new information as we receive it. Please note that this list includes only suppliers that have closed…
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Instead of focusing on the damage that coronavirus is doing to their livelihoods, athletes and organizations are finding means to aid the public and their staffs. One of these organizations, the Utica Comets of the American Hockey League, is selling a ‘Puck the Virus’ shirt to benefit team workers who cannot perform their typical duties…
Read MoreLast night, California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolfe ordered the immediate shutdown of non-essential businesses in their respective states, impacting promo suppliers. Today, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued a similar order, and it’s more than likely that other states will follow suit as things develop…
Read MoreWith everything going on right now, sales calls feel uncomfortable at best, tone deaf at worst. But promo professionals have businesses to run. How do you balance giving your customers the space they need while still doing your job? There’s no single answer that works for everyone, but here are some ideas…
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California’s stay at home order is in place until further notice, and includes the staff at the Origaudio Fountain Valley, Calif. production facility. In response, HPG has urgently moved a large portion of U.S. Origaudio order fulfillment and inventory to the Handstands facility in Utah, along with the BEST Promotions facility in Texas…
Read MoreAs the industry enters uncharted territory, promo suppliers have been inspiring in their resilience and commitment to finding solutions to not only keep their own business wheels spinning, but also to support distributor customers…
Read MoreWith most of the promotional products industry made up of small businesses, the uncertainty surrounding the spread and containment of COVID-19 has instituted a new, and certainly challenging, existence. Facebook is looking to offer some relief through $100 million in grants aimed at assisting small businesses in more than 30 countries…
Read MoreAmerican Apparel founder and former CEO Dov Charney, now at the helm of Los Angeles Apparel, is offering his company’s manufacturing capabilities to combat the ongoing COVID-19 crisis by manufacturing masks and other medical products for “any government agency”…
Read MoreGiven the times, it’s comforting to learn of any efforts to help out. All Elite Wrestling performers Cody Rhodes and Chris Jericho are doing their part by issuing T-shirts whose proceeds will assist the United Way’s COVID-19 Family Support Fund and the World Health Organization’s COVID-19 Response Fund…
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