“Vision 2020 — The Future Is Now” is the theme for the third annual Michigan Leadership Conference, presented by the Michigan Promotional Professionals Association (MiPPA) on April 20 and 21. The two-day conference brings the power of a national conference to the regional community. The conference will be held at the Inn at Harbor Shores on Lake Michigan…
Read MoreThe St. Paul Saints, a member of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball, are planning a bobblehead giveaway that pokes fun at the Houston Astros’ trash can-based cheating tactics. Thanks to “Astro the Grouch,” the first 1,500 fans will pick up a collectible that will let them know…
Read MoreJapanese company BEAMS Couture has teamed up with upcycling designer Keisuke Kanda on a Ziploc collection that also features a collab with Fruit of the Loom and Manhattan Portage, which means clear bags, accessories and even some apparel items, all branded with the Ziploc logo…
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While the players on the NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning deserve kudos for their skills, four of them also merit praise for their charitable involvement. Through the clothing brand ’47, the quartet helped design T-shirts and hats whose proceeds will benefit charities of their choosing. All four shirts are already sold out…
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There’s never a dull week in the world of promotional products. Over the last few days, we again realized the potential of micro-moments to make for branded gold thanks to an emergency backup goalie’s turn with the NHL’s Carolina Hurricanes, and saw some pretty great Philly-centric merch at our local Whole Foods. Plus three more cool finds!…
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Formerly announced to an estimated 14,000 attendees at Impressions Expo in Long Beach, Calif., the largest trade show for the screen printing and apparel industries in the U.S., ROQ.US is expanding what’s considered possible within the decorated apparel field…
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Remember those Supreme Oreo cookies we wrote about a little while ago? Remember how we said they’d be huge on the secondary market? The Oreos are already listed on eBay for anywhere from $25 to tens of thousands of dollars. One eBay seller even sold a three-pack for $92,000 at one point. Not just listed. Sold…
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After a successful career running his printing company, Scott Cappel was ready to retire. Then, on a whim, he went to PPAI Expo, and was so blown away by the industry he decided to jump in as a promo distributor. Scott told us why he made the switch, what he’s learned so far and more. Plus, Sean and Brendan discuss old, obsolete tech and remember the mythical iPod Sock…
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AIA Corporation announced that St. Louis-based Universal Creative Concepts (UCC) has joined its community of nearly 300 independent distributors. This is the third new distributor to join AIA in 2020. With more than 31 years in the promotional products industry, UCC prides itself on providing personal service and going the extra mile to…
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The sports world still hasn’t fully recovered from the Jan. 26 death of basketball legend Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and seven others in a California helicopter crash. Yesterday, 29 days since the tragedy, the Los Angeles Lakers held a memorial service where attendees received T-shirts, pins and other commemorative items…
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