Investigators nabbed 214,507 knockoff items, including jerseys, T-shirts, hats, jewelry and other memorabilia – a crackdown announced in conjunction with Super Bowl LIX.
Read MoreAuthorities Seize Nearly $40M in Counterfeit Sports Merch
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New Steel, Aluminum Tariffs Prompt Price Increase Fears for Drinkware, Other Promo Products
Still, suppliers are working to determine how exactly the levies will affect promo. They’re also monitoring the president’s plan for “reciprocal tariffs.”
Read MoreTarget Report: Print Everything, Everywhere, All at One Place
Enabled by continual development of digital print technologies, almost everything we use has images printed on it in one form or another. Just about anything we can imagine being printed, can be printed, and is.
Read MoreSticker Shock: In-plants Savor Sticker Boom
Around the country, in-plants are getting in on the sticker craze. Like any new offering, stickers are helping to raise awareness of their services and bringing in new customers.
Read MoreFour Indications of the Growth of AI in Wide-Format
There’s been a lot of buzz around artificial intelligence (AI), especially in the printing industry. While some print service providers (PSPs) have been hesitant to add AI technology into their operations for a variety of reasons, the benefits AI can offer to wide-format PSPs in particular provide can’t miss opportunities.
Read More‘De Minimis What?’ What the Suspension of this Import Loophole Could Mean for Promo
Retailers, particularly e-commerce purveyors that ship directly from factories abroad to U.S. consumers, stand to be the most impacted, but the merch market could hit some sourcing bumps, too.
Read MoreSourcing City Report Says U.K. Promo Market Achieved Record Sales in 2024
Distributors in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland collectively increased total annual revenue to £1.232 billion – above $1.5 billion at today’s conversion rates.
Read MoreIncrease Sales in 2025 With Four Trends in Apparel and Hard Goods
Whether it’s items inspired by retail apparel or products that come with built-in mechanisms for proving sustainability metrics, end-buyers know what they want in the new year – and suppliers are coming out with new products to meet those needs.
Read MoreConvergence Corner: How Tactive Blends Print & Promo, Digital & Physical, for Modern Solutions
Courtney Bills, CEO of Tactive, discusses her company’s recent acquisition and how print and promotional products work together to create “multisensory marketing for a digital world.”
Read MoreConsumer Sues Igloo, Alleging False ‘Eco’ & ‘Made-in-USA’ Claims
Promo suppliers sell at least some of the cooler products named in the proposed class action complaint, but no industry firms are named in the suit or accused of wrongdoing.
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