Sourcing PPE, while lucrative for promo businesses, has also been challenging. Things could get a bit tougher now, as flooding has impacted major production hubs in China, including those manufacturing PPE for shipment to the U.S. The city of Wuhan, along with the provinces of Anhui, Jiangxi and Zhejiang, declared red alerts…
Read MoreDiscountMugs.com Creates Unique Program to Help Small Businesses Affected by the Coronavirus Pandemic
DiscountMugs.com, Medley, Fla., has created a small business assistance program to help businesses impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. Six diverse businesses were selected in South Florida and awarded a combined $12,000 in customized promotional items from DiscountMugs.com. These items vary from face masks, contactless thermometers, hand sanitizer, shirts, coffee mugs, backpacks and tote bags with…
Read More5 Essentials for Getting Back to a ‘New Normal’
Raise your hand if you’re tired of hearing the terms “PPE” and “COVID.” Did you hear that? That was the collective sound of the entire promo industry raising their hands at the same time. All jokes aside, masks and other PPE gear will very likely be here to stay for a long time. The question…
Read MoreMeyer-Dunlap Affiliates With HALO Branded Solutions
HALO Branded Solutions, Sterling, Ill., announced that industry distributor Meyer-Dunlap has affiliated with the company. Meyer-Dunlap, founded in 2010 by Kirk Meyer and Craig Dunlap, is one of the most prominent promotional products distributors in North Texas…
Read MoreHow a Linkin Park Logo Tee From 2007 Became a Chinese Streetwear Phenomenon
People have been spotting Linkin Park shirts in China at almost every turn, usually one specific T-shirt design from 2007. Sometimes the band name is misspelled. The question looms: Why is this the biggest trend in Chinese streetwear today? We finally have some answers…
Read MoreFDA Dangerous Hand Sanitizer List Now Tops 75 Products
The FDA has added to its list of potentially harmful hand sanitizer products, bringing the list to a new total of 75 products potentially containing methanol. The list still only includes products manufactured in Mexico, and the FDA has implemented an import alert on Friday for some products, in addition to the recalls and recommended recalls…
Read MoreMarket Tracker: Coronavirus News and Economic Updates From Top Promotional Products Verticals
Welcome to Market Tracker. This is an updating resource compiling the latest news on coronavirus impacts and economic recovery for top vertical markets promotional products distributors sell into. The Promo Marketing team will update this post regularly with new information from each market as it becomes available. Here are this week’s updates…
Read MoreHow a Distributor Helped Raise $11,000 for Local Businesses Through Fundraising Stores
Seeing communities rally around local businesses affected by the pandemic has been nothing short of inspiring. A lot of these campaigns have involved selling merch to raise money, as was the case for Kelley Rice, owner of Imagination Print & Design, who got to be a part of the effort to raise money for local businesses through promotional products…
Read MoreMajor Apparel Association Asks for Nationwide Mask Rule to Protect Retail Workers: Promo Impact
To try to create across-the-board regulation in stores, the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) sent a letter to President Trump asking for national face mask usage standards to protect retail workers and customers. If such standards were put in place, it could have benefits for promotional products companies…
Read MoreA24 Made a Dungeons & Dragons Style Role-Playing Board Game to Promote ‘The Green Knight’
You want to talk about immersive promotional experiences? It doesn’t get much more immersive than a Dungeons & Dragons-style role playing game. Indie film distributor A24, which we’ve already crowned as promotional royalty, has released “A Quest For Honor,” a whole roleplaying tabletop game tied in with its upcoming release “The Green Knight”…
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