Who, after this week’s news cycle, doesn’t need a feel-good story? On Wednesday, exactly three weeks away from the start of Autism Awareness Month, Vans announced plans for a shoe collection geared particularly to meet the feet of those with autism spectrum disorder. The collection includes some great design features worth noting…
Read MoreThe Chinese Canadian Council for Social Justice debuted a promotional campaign to combat the racial discrimination against Asian people during the height of coronavirus panic. The campaign involved a commercial, showing people in hazmat suit walking the streets of Toronto, handing out miniature bottles of promotional hand sanitizer that say “Stop the Spread”…
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HALO Branded Solutions, Sterling, Ill., hosted local and state dignitaries at a ribbon cutting ceremony for its new, state-of-the-art 275,000 sq. ft. distribution center. The distribution center is an addition to HALO’s 157,000 sq. ft. corporate headquarters, completed in April 2018 in Sterling. “We had originally planned to expand five years after the move-in of…
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There are plenty of companies that are looking to appeal to consumers with not only their goods, but also their logos. Tech.co devoted an examination to logo design trends for 2020, and we found ourselves drawn to the resulting takeaways, but especially the throwback logos and so-called “logo-less” logo designs…
Read MoreBritish indie rockers The 1975 have proved themselves to be one of the most eco-friendly bands in the game. A few months back they decided to limit apparel waste by letting fans print over old band merch with updated graphics, rather than shell out the money for new ones and use more resources to meet demand…
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On March 5, 2020, Maple Ridge Farms delivered a check for $5,000 to Habitat for Humanity of Wausau, Wis. The donation was the result of a “Give Back” program started in September 2019. In that program, Maple Ridge Farms offered to donate a percentage of the profits from a specially selected line of gifts…
Read MoreHand sanitizer has been in high demand as coronavirus worry mounts. In the promotional products industry, that demand has come at the expense of a few suppliers’ inventory. Suppliers like Raining Rose Inc., Hit Promotional Products, SnugZ USA and more have said that they’re out of hand sanitizer, with no clear timetable on when it will be restocked…
Read MoreProud to show off his connection to Toronto, Drake has been a boon to his birth city’s Raptors, who, owing to his stardom and their status as the reigning NBA champions, keep selling out of co-branded items from October’s Very Own, Drake’s company…
Read MoreBaroness Eileen Paisley, a political figure in Northern Ireland, criticized a Belfast sports store because of a shirt advertising the Netflix/Channel 4 show “Derry Girls.” The shirt in question is a yellow and green Gaelic Athletic jersey with the show’s fictional school’s crest, and features a picture of the character Sister Michael rolling her eyes with the quote…
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AHEAD, New Bedford, Mass., has announced the acquisition of Tournament Solutions Inc. Founded in 2002 by Pam Berube and John Lawrence, Tournament Solutions has become a major golf tournament and gifts awards purveyor in the U.S. The company is an industry leader in providing customized tournament gifting packages for member, charity and professional events, as…
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