99designs, based in Australia and backed by Silicon Valley venture capital firm Accel Partners, boasts a network of freelancers in logo design, custom apparel, custom printed materials and a variety of other advertising and design services. The platform allows customers to hire a designer directly or open a brief and select from ideas submitted by designers…
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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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There’s a longstanding debate over which fast food french fries are the best. But there’s one thing we think everyone can agree on, and that’s that the Travis Scott x McDonald’s merchandise collab is one of the best—and most interesting ones—we’ve seen. It’s also taken over the internet…
Read MoreA 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…
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The Back to Business Virtual Meeting took our now-classic Power Meeting event format and moved it to a first-class online platform. Leading up to the event, we weren’t sure it could fully replicate the Power Meeting experience. Now that it’s over, we can safely say it shattered our expectations. Don’t believe us? Ask the distributors who were there…
Read MoreAs restrictions loosen and retail stores continue to reopen, the King of Prussia mall, located just outside Philadelphia, has a small surprise for shoppers: The official COVID-19 shop, home to an assortment of masks, mask spray and other PPE items…
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Apple’s latest launch isn’t an upgraded operating system or a splashy new iPhone with, like, six cameras this time. It’s the Apple Face Mask. The company designed and created the mask in-house and will begin rolling it out to corporate and retail staff. In typical Apple fashion, the mask has a few specialized features…
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Boundless, the distributor based in Austin, Texas, recently announced that CEO Henrik Johansson has stepped down. Bridget Smith, chief of special operations at Zazzle, Boundless’ parent company, will take over as CEO. Smith has worked closely with the Boundless team since managing Zazzle’s acquisition of Boundless in 2014…
Read MoreA lawsuit alleges that Under Armour misled UCLA about its financial standing—resulting in an enormous $280 million apparel contract in 2016—and then failed to make scheduled payments or deliver products as laid out in the contract. Under Armour informed UCLA two months ago that it was terminating the deal with more than $200 million still owed to UCLA…
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Epic Games, maker of the video game Fortnite, has been waging an all-fronts war on Apple, holding in-game events blasting the tech company and making sure Fortnite players know who the true villain is the ongoing dispute between the two companies. And, because it’s 2020, the war has now inevitably extended into branded merchandise…
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