Japanese company BEAMS Couture has teamed up with upcycling designer Keisuke Kanda on a Ziploc collection that also features a collab with Fruit of the Loom and Manhattan Portage, which means clear bags, accessories and even some apparel items, all branded with the Ziploc logo…
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McDonald’s New ‘Quarter Pounder Fan Club’ Is All About the Branded Merchandise
Remember how McDonald’s launched its first full-time branded merchandise store, Golden Arches Unlimited, in December? Well, now McDonald’s has a “Quarter Pounder Fan Club” and it appears to be an entirely branded merchandise-based homage to the Quarter Pounder. Are there scented candles? You know there are…
Read MoreThis Company’s Custom-Printed Surgical Masks Started as a Joke, But They Might Have Real Value
A company called Resting Risk Face is launching surgical masks custom-printed with your face on them, so you can unlock your phone without removing the mask. The idea started as sort of a joke—and the company might not even actually make the masks available—but it might actually have some real value…
Read MoreSomeone Please Send Us These Sold-Out In-N-Out Burger Shoes
In-N-Out released a new pair of shoes in its online store. They’re white slip-ons in the style of classic Vans, and they’re decorated in the same red squiggly stripes and palm trees pattern as In-N-Out’s drink cups. They are extremely cool, but there’s a problem: They sold out almost instantly…
Read MoreCheck Out These Augmented-Reality Branded Cupcakes
There’s nothing better than getting sent a personalized box of cookies or cupcakes, especially when they’re customized with your brand or logo. A company called Print Cakes totally gets that, and has teamed up with Aircards to create the world’s first app-less augmented reality cupcakes…
Read MoreThe 3 Best Items From Starbucks’ New Valentine’s Day Drinkware Collection
Did anyone else feel like January was at least four months long? We can’t be the only ones. Now that it’s officially February, we’re obsessing over all the promo items coming out for Valentine’s Day, including the very festive—and very on-brand—new Starbucks drinkware collection…
Read MoreWhat Happens to Old Trade Show Banners? In PRINTING United’s Case, They Became Promotional Totes
Have you ever wondered what happens to the banners after a show has ended? Well, for PRINTING United—the 720,000 square foot show that happened this past October in Dallas—they became promotional totes…
Read MoreNo, Coronavirus Won’t Spread Via Promo Products Shipped From China (But It Will Likely Cause Some Production Delays)
As of Thursday, there were more than 7,700 confirmed cases of coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in China, with 170 deaths. Cases have been confirmed in multiple other countries, and many nations have restricted travel to and from China. In the promo industry, which relies on China for the majority of its products, the situation is causing some anxiety…
Read MoreNew Disney Parks Apparel Line Goes All In On Retro Design Trend
Retro is in and it’s here to stay. It’s no longer uncommon to see brands recreate their own ideas for merchandise to fit the retro theme we’ve been seeing everywhere. Disney has been ahead of the trend for awhile, and has now launched another retro apparel line available at both Disney World and Disneyland…
Read MoreEvian Releases New Slogan For the Anniversary of the Fyre Festival Documentary
Over the last couple of years, we’ve been reporting on any news that’s related to the Fyre Festival, which was set to happen in April of 2017. After the two documentaries—from both Netflix and Hulu—released last year, you probably know the name Andy King, the event planner for this disastrous event, and how one of his responsibilities was to have evian water bottles provided for attendees. On the anniversary of the documentary release, evian partnered with King and created a new slogan, “So good you’d do anything for it.”
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