A federal grand jury has indicted a promotional products distributor on three counts of fraud for attempting to pass off Chinese-made caps and backpacks as U.S. made. U.S. attorney Joyce White Vance, along with John F. Khin, defense criminal investigative service special agent in charge, and James T. WallisU.S. Army criminal investigation command special agent…
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Promo Marketing’s Video Battle pits two industry videos against each other for the chance at the ultimate bragging right: Being declared our readership’s absolute favorite. (Next up: We’re looking forward to the long weekend! Have a great Memorial Day weekend, everybody.) Last week, PWS won again, and now will face off against ParsonsKellogg. The winner will be…
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Geiger, Lewiston, Maine, announced the site of its 2017 sales incentive award ceremony, Galaxy of Stars, during its 2016 event held in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. It will host its 2017 event in Panama at the Secrets Playa Bonita, from May 16 to 19, 2017. Each year, Geiger holds the Galaxy of Stars to reward qualifying…
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As we reported in April, the St. Louis Cardinals were debating whether or not they would allow Chicago Cubs fans to wear “Try not to suck” shirts in Busch Stadium. After…
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The Vernon Company, Netwon, Iowa, awarded Rick Buckley, who represents Tri-Mountain, Irwindale, Calif., as Supplier Account Manager of the Year at the company’s national sales meeting held April 18 to 20 in Des Moines, Iowa. The Vernon Company…
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MOMA is launching an exhibit that will feature clothing from the last hundred years; Miami high school students were sent home for wearing Haitian flag shirts; J.C. Penney will focus less on apparel; a North Carolina school district wants to ban skinny jeans; and more people are renting clothes instead of buying: Here’s what’s happening this week in the apparel world…
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Beginning today, promotional products professionals are in Washington D.C. for Promotional Products Association International’s (PPAI) seventh annual Legislative Education and Action Day (L.E.A.D.). Participants will attend education sessions and go to Capitol Hill, where they will meet with legislators and staff. “This week marks our seventh annual L.E.A.D. event, and it just gets better every year,”…
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H&M is under fire this week as a result of a new report from the Asia Floor Wage Alliance, according to Broadly. The report accuses H&M of exploiting workers in its factories in…
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In the promotional products industry, suppliers and distributors work hard to build relationships with one another—trusting that the other half of the relationship cares as much about the product and the end-user as they do. So how would you feel if you found out that supplier or distributor wouldn’t even buy its own product? Super confident, right? No, of course not…
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Angie’s List Grand Prix of Indianapolis winner Simon Pagenaud now owns two Grand Prix Cups created by Chicago-based R.S. Owens after winning his third IndyCar race in a row last weekend at the Angie’s List Grand Prix of Indianapolis. The Grand Prix winner’s cup is topped by an oversized 18” diameter bowl. Before assembly, the…
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