Funny how trends work, isn’t it? Everything that was once old, outdated and uncool are now the most sought after items. Remember how people thought vinyl records were an antiquated medium after the birth of CDs and MP3’s? Just about everyone you see on the street these days has a smartphone with a touch screen.…
Read MoreChocolate Inn/Lanco Adds Contract Printing Services
Chocolate Inn/Lanco, Hicksville, N.Y., has added contract printing services to its roster of customization capabilities and products for the promotional products industry. These new services, offered under the name Lanco Contract Printing Services, will provide complex decorating processes, including vibrant, multi-colored screen printing; 3-D embroidery; specialty inks like glitter, metallic and glow-in-the-dark; heat transfers (including…
Read MoreTrust Your Intuition
Most of us businesspeople have great ideas from time to time. The typical response to our good ideas is to seek lots of affirmation. In the pursuit of affirmation, businesspeople reach out to their friends to get feedback. There are two big problems with this. First, your friends don’t understand your business very well, and…
Read MoreOwner of Champion Auto Parts Brand Had No Idea Its Logo T-shirt Would Be in Tarantino Movie
Even though movie tickets cost about a zillion dollars these days, the $79 million box office haul for “Once Upon a Time…In Hollywood” still resonates as an impressive feat. While obtaining a few more bucks from the film weighs heavily on the minds of Sony/Columbia bigwigs, the brains behind the Champion auto parts brand are,…
Read MoreKentucky Democrats Raise $200K on ‘Moscow Mitch’ Merchandise
In something of a role reversal for Mitch McConnell, whose own campaign made a pretty penny on “Cocaine Mitch” gear earlier this year, the Kentucky Democratic Party is cashing in big time on “Moscow Mitch” merchandise. The Kentucky Dems started up a “Moscow Mitch” web store, offering T-shirts, a brass Moscow Mule mug, a shot glass, stickers, buttons and a Cossack hat…
Read MoreProforma Hosts First Annual Technology User Conference
Proforma, Cleveland, held its inaugural Technology User Conference from July 21-24 at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center in Orlando, Fla. The conference’s theme, “Envision,” brought together thought leaders, technology innovators, executives, supplier partners, current affiliate owners and prospective new affiliate owners seeking to improve their organizations using the Proforma’s business management platform. “Business success…
Read MorePost Malone Continues Promotional Dominance With Bud Light Branded Merch Collab
Thanks to his immensely popular catalogue, Post Malone will likely not have to say any “Goodbyes” to the charts for a long time. Courtesy of a collaboration with Bud Light, it does not look as if the 24-year-old will be losing any promotional products clout either. The two are teaming up for a branded merchandise…
Read MoreU.S. Will Place Additional 10% Tariff on $300B in Chinese Imports Starting September
In a series of tweets yesterday, President Donald Trump reported that U.S. trade representatives returned from China talks with disappointing results, and that he would add a “small additional tariff of 10 percent” on $300 billion in Chinese imports, effective Sept. 1…
Read MoreOrbus Exhibit & Display Group Raises More Than $9K for Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
Orbus Exhibit & Display Group, Woodridge, Ill., spent the last six months fundraising for the Leukemia and Lymphoma society, and recently presented the organization with a donation of $9,000. Fundraising efforts included company-wide casual dress buy-in, shamrock grams and a chili cook-off. In order to make fundraising efforts successful, Orbus’ Social and Cultural Committee organizes…
Read MoreBernie Sanders Latest to Capitalize on Debate Moment With ‘I Wrote the Damn Bill’ Merch
In his second run at the Democratic nomination, Bernie Sanders is heavily touting health care, and an exchange over a Medicare measure at Tuesday’s debate saw Sanders bark “I wrote the damn bill” at Ohio representative Timothy Ryan. Mere hours later, Sanders announced a promotional sticker featuring those same words, available to anyone who made a donation to his campaign…
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