Coca-Cola partnered with Tafi, a Utah-based startup, to create a digital recreation of its 1956 vending machines. The “Friendship Box” vending machine works with the Ethereum cryptocurrency, and “dispenses” digital items like a branded Coca-Cola bubble jacket and trading cards…
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A teenage Rhode Island entrepreneur created a T-shirt brand designed to incorporate fidget toys, which can provide a calming outlet for people with Autism or ADHD. The shirt includes a space where fidget toys can clip on using a carabiner, keeping them close and making them interchangeable…
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commonsku, Toronto, announced that it has promoted Joe Kemple and Bre Redmond to customer success managers. Kemple began in customer success five years ago, and has onboarded many successful distributors and their teams. Redmond started with commonsku three years ago…
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PCNA, Pittsburgh, announced that it has expanded its family of brands with the addition of its newest retail partner: mophie, a leader in mobile charging technology. “We are ecstatic to add mophie to the PCNA brand family with the launch of seven new power banks and wireless charging pads,” Liz Haesler, chief marketing officer for…
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We all have a person in our lives who can (and has) eaten a whole box of Cheez-It crackers in one sitting. (If you’re reading this, it’s me. I’m the person in your life who can and has eaten a whole box of Cheez-It crackers in one sitting.) To appeal to even more people like…
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Seth Weiner believes that distributors are leaving money on the table by sticking to an outdated one-size-fits-all approach to promo, and that providing solutions similar to those offered by gifting-as-a-service companies is crucial (if not necessarily easy). He shared how Sonic Promos is making it happen…
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Last week, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, a republican, released a T-shirt on conservative fundraising platform WinRed. The red shirt reads “Find Me At The Fair” in large, blocky, right-aligned type. But, for RAYGUN, a T-shirt company based in Des Moines, it may well have read “Shots Fired.”…
Read MoreA year-plus of remote work has changed the way we think about dressing for work, shifting the workplace attire norms to be more casual. Scott Baxter, president and CEO of Kontoor Brands, parent company of Lee and Wrangler jeans, said that this “global casualization” is here to stay, and apparel companies need to pay attention…
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Getting a kitten is fun, but it’s a lot of work. Suddenly the whole house is a toy. While we try to keep our new cat away from the smartphone charger, check out our fave five promotional products of the week, including a Guy Fieri beach towel and a “Superbad” snow globe that Seth Rogen still owns…
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Like the other meals before hers, Saweetie’s McDonald’s meal includes branded packaging, like sauce packets. But the actual merchandise isn’t available to everyone (at least not yet). Fans can enter a sweepstakes to win two limited edition Brandon Blackwood bags, and McDonald’s employees will wear special uniforms…
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