Each year, Promo Marketing provides the definitive ranking of the Top 50 Distributors in the promotional products industry. For the next two weeks, we will be counting down the top 10 distributors of 2016 with exclusive interviews featuring the CEOs, presidents and owners of each company. Check back each day for more updates on the…
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Dov Charney, former CEO of American Apparel, is looking to set up a rival shop in the backyard of the company he founded. Charney has been scouting factory locations around South Central Los Angeles, just a few miles away from American Apparel’s downtown Los Angeles headquarters, according to Bloomberg. The new company, which has not yet been named, will…
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Walmart probably had the right idea: “Let’s celebrate the University of Maryland! The promotional T-shirt probably would be an instant hit with the school’s large number of students and alumni.” However, Walmart didn’t check the map close enough and accidentally printed the state of…
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With activewear being one of the most trending industries, celebrities are capitalizing on the possibilities with their own athleisure brands. Kate Hudson co-founded Fabletics, Rihanna released branded Puma sneakers, and Carrie Underwood unveiled her line of athleisure clothing in collaboration with Dick’s Sporting Goods.…
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Baseball fans are probably familiar with the Cleveland Indians’ Chief Wahoo logo. However, according to Fox Sports, Indians owner Paul Dolan has confirmed that the team will no longer use the Chief Wahoo logo as its primary logo. “We have gone to the block ‘C’ as our…
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While it might seem innocent that Nike recently unveiled its latest National Women’s Soccer League jerseys exclusively in women’s sizes, Fansided is raising another possibility. Perhaps the implication in only offering women’s sizes is that men don’t care to support women’s…
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Butler Street, a provider of client loyalty research and retention programs across the print industry, in conjunction with Promo Marketing’s sister publications, Printing Impressions and Print+Promo, announced its “2016 Best of Print & Digital” program award winners. An annual program in its inaugural year identified which companies have provided the highest service delivery to their customers…
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According to a lengthy investigation from Business of Fashion, there has been a recent surge in ISIS-branded merchandise online. Even physical marketplaces have been retailing the ISIS symbols and slogans on various articles of clothing. The branding, featuring the Shahada and…
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The Lehigh Valley IronPigs, the Phillies Triple-A team, are taking a promotional page from the Fresno Grizzlies, according to Lehigh Valley Live. The greater Philadelphia area has long been obsessed with its namesake sandwich, the Philadelphia cheesesteak, and the IronPigs are hoping…
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With more and more cities considering banning plastic water bottles to cut down on plastic waste, plastic water bottles may soon become a thing of the past. However, there has been much debate about whether they will be replaced with reusable water bottles or, perhaps,…
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