While working from home, it’s essential that we all stay moving during the day. The same goes for end-users, so now’s a good time to check out some new products to suggest for clients. Resistance bands? Check. Maybe a water bottle for working out? Good idea. Here are seven great promo products we found to help people stay active…
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Using Social Media to Stay Connected and Keep Customers Informed
Suppliers and distributors able to continue operations are looking for ways to stay in contact with their partners and customers and do the best they can during this time. One of the ways were seeing everyone stay connected is through social media. Here’s how a few suppliers are doing that, along with their advice for using social media during this time…
Read MoreUpdate 4/16: List of Promotional Products Suppliers Temporarily Closed Due to COVID-19 Disruptions
This is a list of promotional products suppliers that have announced temporary closures due to statewide shutdowns or other disruptions related to COVID-19. This list will be continually updated with new information as we receive it. Please note that this list includes only suppliers that have closed…
Read MoreFacebook to Offer $100M in Cash Grants for Small Businesses Impacted by Coronavirus
With most of the promotional products industry made up of small businesses, the uncertainty surrounding the spread and containment of COVID-19 has instituted a new, and certainly challenging, existence. Facebook is looking to offer some relief through $100 million in grants aimed at assisting small businesses in more than 30 countries…
Read MoreStarbucks Is Quietly Testing a New, Greener Single-Use Coffee Cup
Just shy of two years after it launched the NextGen Cup Challenge to develop a completely recyclable and compostable cup, Starbucks has announced that it’s testing new environmentally friendly cups in some locations, including New York, San Francisco, Seattle, London and Vancouver…
Read MoreMcDonald’s Is Auctioning a Blinged-Out 18-Karat Gold Shamrock Shake Cup (Valued at $90K) for Charity
We love seeing all the creative merch that comes out before Valentine’s Day, but people forget that February is also the beginning of Shamrock Shake season at McDonald’s. This year, McDonald’s is auctioning off a “Golden Shamrock Shake” cup valued at $90,000, and all money raised benefits Ronald McDonald House Charities…
Read MoreThis Japanese Company’s Latest Fashion Line Is Heavily Inspired by … Ziploc Bags?
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…
Read MoreMcDonald’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…
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