Feds Seize $39M in Fake Super Bowl Gear

Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos (specifically Von Miller) won Super Bowl 50 over the momentum-fueled Carolina Panthers. This was Manning’s record-breaking 200th career win, so with all of these round numbers here, we can practically see the “Peyton Manning: 200 career wins, Super Bowl 50 champion,” merchandise now…

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Beyoncé Launches ‘Formation’ Merchandise Line

A lot of people say that Beyoncé is the best in the business. Today, we can say that the business we’re referring to is marketing. After dropping a surprise new song before her Super Bowl 50 halftime show performance, Beyoncé also debuted a new line of apparel and accessories relating to her new song, “Formation,”…

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ERB Safety/Fame Fabrics Adds Inside Sales Representative

ERB Safety/Fame Fabrics, Woodstock, Ga., announced the addition of Westin Moe as inside sales representative. Moe will cultivate and grow new business relationships with targeted promotional products distributors across the country. Moe brings more than six years of professional sales experience working…

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CustomInk Acquires Commerce Startup Represent

CustomInk, Fairfax, Va., has acquired Represent, a Los Angeles-based online merchandise company. According to TechCrunch, CustomInk acquired Represent for close to $100 million in a cash and stock deal. Represent, founded in 2014, allows users to create and sell apparel and accessories similarly to how CustomInk does. What sets Represent apart is that it works…

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PM Video Battle: Trimark Versus ParsonsKellogg

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: The Super Bowl is this weekend! I won’t lie. At the beginning of this season, I was sure that my Eagles would be in it. But we can’t…

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Showdown Displays Announces Sales Award Winners

Showdown Displays, Ramsey, Minn., announced the 2015 sales award recipients during its national sales meeting. The company gave out awards for Independent Sales Representative and Factory Sales Representative of the Year. The Watson Group, Birmingham, Ala., which includes Bo Turner and Tina Jameson-Brown, received the independent sales representative award for the third time in a…

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Evernote Shuts Down Branded-item Marketplace

Evernote, the popular smartphone app for cross-platform note-taking, had tried its hand at physical products, like notebooks, backpacks and wallets. Now, after three years of selling these items, the company shut down its Evernote Market on Feb. 3. According to The Verge, some Evernote-branded items,…

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