I know we said McDonald’s wants you to wear your “birthday suit,” but we have to remind you (as your attorneys) not to show up to McDonald’s in the nude. This is just a clever turn of phrase on McDonald’s behalf. The fast food restaurant released a loungewear set to celebrate the the McFlurry’s 25th anniversary from home, and it sold out in an hour…
Read MoreMore Virtual Trade Shows and Events Are Sending Promotional Products and Gift Packages Directly to Attendees
More and more events are figuring out that promotional products remain a key part of their strategy—and figuring out how to deliver them to virtual attendees. Crain’s New York Business just ran a story on it, namedropping a whole bunch of events that are going this route, including the New York City Wine & Food Festival and New York Comic Con, both happening virtually in October…
Read MoreJoint Catalog From Two Iowa Promo Suppliers Highlights Industry Favorites
Tru Art Advertising Calendars and Cedar Crest Manufacturing have announced the release of their paired catalog, “Paper to Pen.” The collection features items from Tru Art’s newly-expanded line of non-dated products and a selection of pens from Cedar Crest’s line carefully curated to complement them. The catalog serves as a convenient one-stop shop for a…
Read More10 Steps to a Killer Prospecting System
Getting a steady flow of new clients is vital if you have set high sales goals for your business. Despite the challenging times we are in right now, this can still be achieved if you have a systematic prospecting method. It not only gives you a repeatable process, but also allows you to train others when you’re ready to delegate. Here are 10 steps to a proven prospecting system…
Read MoreTravis Scott Sued Over Promotional Product That Allegedly Ripped Off Video Game Company’s Joystick Design
After rap mega-star Travis Scott held a “virtual concert” for fans in Fortnite, his creative team was looking for a way to promote it with merchandise. Naturally, being that it was on a video game, the idea of branded thumbsticks—little pads for customizing a controller’s joysticks—made sense. But gaming equipment company KontrolFreek is now saying that Scott and his label Cactus Jack stole the design…
Read MoreLatest Biden Merch Features Trump Tax Returns Jab, ‘Will You Shut Up, Man’ Debate Quip
The 2020 presidential campaign is getting even more heated with one debate in the bag and a little over a month until election day. Keeping the trend of combative merchandise, the Biden Campaign’s latest releases mock Trump’s tax returns and celebrate a quip from the debate last night. We’ve seen similar merchandise from the Trump Campaign…
Read MoreSpecial K Is Helping You Remember What Day It Is With Branded Socks
Kellogg’s is making sure that you keep those feet fresh every day of the week with a special line of branded socks that corresponds with Special K flavors and a weekly planner. All of these items come in the “Blursday Go-Away Kit,” which “aims to help people avoid the feeling that each day is blurring into the next as they spend more time at home during the pandemic.”…
Read MoreProud Boys Denied Access to Favored Polo Shirt, But Presidential Debate Leads to New Designs
Members of the Proud Boys, the far-right organization, are known for wearing black and yellow Fred Perry polo shirts typically seen at rallies or protests. In response, Fred Perry said it will stop selling the shirts in North America. It may not matter, as Tuesday night’s presidential debate led to new opportunities for the Proud Boys to design shirts of their own…
Read MoreOur 5 Favorite Promotional Products of the Week: ‘South Park’ Cutouts, Tie Dye Tees and More
All our Philly teams are bad, so let’s just say we’ve been avoiding all of our usual sports beats on social media. That’s given us some extra time and incentive to hunt for fun promotional products across the web and in real life. This week’s haul is a good one, if we may say so ourselves. (We do say so. It’s our magazine.) Check ’em out!…
Read MoreDecoration Diaries: How a Promo Distributor Turned a T-shirt Order Into Much More (and Gained New Customers)
When a parent organization at a Philadelphia charter school approached Damien Smith with a chance to provide students with T-shirts and various school supplies for an event, it gave Smith an opportunity to upsell with more promo items that fit into the school’s water park field trip and become the go-to distributor for a community…
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