Amazon is set to significantly expand its digital and on-demand printing capabilities with a commitment to buy $400 million in digital printing products from Kornit. Separately, Amazon plans to open a new Merch by Amazon facility in Phoenix as the company’s e-commerce sales soar…
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Up to 70% of Imported KN95 Masks Do Not Meet Filtration Standards, Study Finds
With N95 masks expected to remain in short supply for the duration of the pandemic, many U.S. hospitals and other health facilities have turned to alternatives like the KN95 for frontline workers. But a new study is casting doubt on the reliability of many models of the masks imported from China…
Read MoreDecoration Diaries: How A&P Master Images Used Halftone Screen Printing to Land a Repeat Customer
A&P Master Images pitched the idea to use a trendy screen print technique to bring a customer’s hand sketch to life. The product was such a hit it evolved into an online company store for fulfillment and future business with the client on other projects…
Read MoreThere’s Plenty of RBG Merch, Including a ‘Fill That Seat’ Trump T-shirt
Just as we do with musicians and movie stars, the world mourned through merchandise with the passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. With her high profile in pop culture, it was only natural that fans would flock to buy all things RBG. The Trump Campaign launched a shirt, too…
Read MoreGM Sues Former Director Involved in UAW Promo Corruption Case
GM is suing a former company director as a means of recouping money lost as a result of a corruption case surrounding promotional products vendors and bribery.
Read MoreMiller Lite Made a Beer Can With an Antenna to Stream Football Games
The quest to see what a beer can can’t do has now yielded the first “Cantenna,” which Miller Lite says is “the only reception device on the market that is great tasting and serves up football straight to fans’ living rooms.”
Read MoreUtah Distributor Charged With Impersonating 3M Rep, Falsely Claiming to Have Millions of N95 Masks
A Utah-based distributor is accused of presenting himself as a 3M representative and claiming to have millions of N95 masks for sale. John Anthony Taylor, owner of Positive Marketing LLC and Wasatch Promotional Products in Park City, reportedly claimed to have access to one billion 3M N95 masks, which raised eyebrows…
Read MoreUpdate 9/29: Promo Distributor Warns of Credit Card Order Scam Involving Hundreds of Blank T-shirts (All Size Medium)
A promo distributor was the victim of a scammer who ordered hundreds of T-shirts totaling more than $3,000, only to issue and receive a chargeback once the T-shirts were in their possession. In an email to Promo Marketing, Theda Furlonge, owner of TAF Promotions in Colorado Springs, described the scam…
Read MorePatagonia Hid a Secret, R-Rated Message On Some of Its Clothing Tags
If you happened to have purchased Patagonia’s Road to Regenerative Stand Up Shorts, you might have noticed a tiny little message on a tag. Or, maybe you didn’t notice it. To tie in with the shorts’ purpose of rehabilitating farmland through a partnership with organic farmers, Patagonia slipped a little message in on the tag…
Read MorePopeyes Wants You to Tailgate From Home With a Pretty Great Promo Campaign
NFL football is back, baby! It just looks a little different than we’re used to. Sure, you could still go tailgate in the parking lot, but that’s about the extent of it. And, for safety reasons, it’s probably best to do the tailgating at home. At least that’s what Popeyes and Dr. Pepper think you should do with their new co-branded promotional campaign…
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