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Smart Source LLC Acquires Assets for Data Supplies Inc.
Smart Source LLC, New York, announced the acquisition of assets of Data Supplies Inc., a Duluth, Georgia-based provider of marketing communications services in the Southeast. Smart Source LLC’s acquisition allows these two companies to combine best practices, services and technologies to offer an elevated client experience in brand management, marketing and communications to clients nationwide.…
Read MorePM Video Battle: Trimark Versus Stahls’ Transfer Express
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 debating what time we should blast Loverboy’s “Everybody’s Working For the Weekend” in the office. Now?) Last week, Trimark secured its second win, and will now take on…
Read MorePPEF 2016 Scholarship Period Now Open
Promotional Products Education Foundation (PPEF), Irving, Texas, announced that the 2016 PPEF scholarship program is taking applications for the 2016-17 school year with $150,000 in scholarships available. Since its inception in 1989, PPEF has awarded approximately $1.4 million in financial assistance. Funded by Promotional Products Association International (PPAI) and donations from the promotional products industry,…
Read MoreGeiger, Julia Wright Announce Affiliation
Julia Wright, MAS+, of Wright Choice Promotions, Phoenix, joined Lewiston, Maine-based Geiger as an independent sales partner in January. Wright has been working in the industry since 1994. She specializes in environmentally friendly promotional products, and is noted as one of the industry’s experts in this field, having led…
Read MoreAmherst College Ditches Mascot, ‘Lord Jeff’ Merch Sells Out
Amherst College has decided to change its mascot. The college has decided to separate itself from its Lord Jeff mascot, named after Lord Jeff Amherst, founder of Amherst, Mass., due to controversy surrounding the historical figure. According to WWLP, Amherst College announced that it will…
Read MoreLooking Forward
Unbelievably, we have entered a new year. 2015 went by so fast that I am still in awe that it is already over. It was such a busy year for the Promo Marketing Media Group. We were not only busy producing our award-winning publications, events, newsletters, online solutions and all the unique custom services we…
Read MoreShapeways Adds Aluminum to 3-D Printing Materials
According to 3Dprint.com, Shapeways continues to expand their materials lineup by adding aluminum. Slated to become their 54th material offering, aluminum has been perfected for the 3D printing process following a pilot program last year.
Read More7 Golf Promotions Making Strides at the 2016 PGA Merchandise Show
The PGA Merchandise Show is underway in Orlando, Fla., bringing with it a slew of new golf products from shirts to caddies. The editors at Golf Digest have been surveying the show floor, compiling a roundup of the latest “cool stuff,” which includes a handful of promotional products. Check out these seven golf promotions on display…
Read MoreBulletSafe Launches Bulletproof Cap and T-shirt
BulletSafe entered the “casual bulletproof” clothing industry in 2014 with a successful Kickstarter campaign for the world’s first bulletproof cap, and now, the company is planning its apparel debut. According to Gizmag, BulletSafe has unveiled a bulletproof T-shirt featuring a front ballistic panel which protects the heart and lungs.
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