Radiohead Takes Band Merchandise to New, Weird Level

Most bands sell T-shirts (sometimes featuring spelling mistakes). Others sell hats, tote bags and other merchandise items. For the most part, we never have seen items too far out of the ordinary (unless anyone wants to take any of our ideas). That was until Radiohead, which made the oath years ago never to do anything…

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PPAI Names Mary Dobsch Woman of Achievement for 2016

Promotional Products Association International (PPAI), Irving, Texas, announced Mary Dobsch, MAS, owner and president of Washington, Missouri-based supplier The Chest Inc., as the 2016 PPAI Woman of Achievement. The presentation of the PPAI Woman of Achievement award will take place during…

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The SEC Is Investigating Alibaba

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is investigating Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba in relation to its huge sales on China’s Singles’ Day shopping event and revenue reporting practices. According to a release from Alibaba, the SEC is investigating its report of operating data from Singles’ Day, a day in China to celebrate single people…

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Working Wardrobe: 12 Polo and Business Casual Options

Ah, “business casual.” What does it mean? Well, that depends on whom you ask. In a general sense, it falls somewhere between shirt and tie, and T-shirt and jeans. It brings a little more style, while maintaining a more relaxed atmosphere. Arm your end-users with these go-to business casual options so the next time that networking event invite says “business casual,” they’ll be ready…

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The Best and the Worst NBA Playoffs T-shirts

If you’re like me, you concluded your relaxing Memorial Day weekend by watching the nail-biter seventh game in the NBA Western Conference Finals. While most people probably were focusing on Klay Thompson’s clutch three-pointers and Steven Adams’ scary mustache (no offense, big guy), I was zeroing in on the promotional T-shirts the fans were sporting in…

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Promo Marketing Announces the 2016 Top 50 Distributors

Promo Marketing, the Philadelphia-based source of product and marketing information for distributor sales professionals, today announced the Top 50 Distributors of 2016. For more than 10 years, Promo Marketing has assessed the most successful promotional products distributors in its May issue. The Top 50 Distributors list features the biggest companies working today, ranked by 2015 sales…

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