Gene Geiger, Chairman of the Board for Geiger, Lewiston, Maine, has announced that effective April 1, current president Jo-an Lantz, MAS, has been promoted to CEO of Geiger. Lantz has served as PPAI Board Chair, and was inducted into the PPAI Hall of Fame. “Jo-an is a rare talent,…
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Most people aren’t drinking enough water. A 2018 study found that 77 percent of Americans don’t think they consumed enough water every day to meet their health needs. So, what can you do to appeal to these people to stay hydrated? Providing refillable water bottles and installing refill stations around major cities and parks is…
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Patagonia is taking a promotional stand if we’ve ever seen one. According to BuzzFeed News, the company announced that it is getting mighty choosy when it comes to its corporate sales. Now, when a prospective client attempts to place an order for branded Patagonia Nano Puff vests, they very…
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The MLB season might have kicked off last week (here we go, Phillies!), but it’s the NFL that has our attention this week. New Era designed this year’s official 2019 NFL draft hats, so you know what that means: a good ol’ fashioned Promo Marketing ranking! The 2018 NFL draft hat collection will be hard…
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Ariel Premium Supply, St. Louis, announced the opening of its new West Coast production and service facility. Designed to better serve distributors in the western half of the U.S., the new facility offers a faster and more cost-effective FOB San Diego shipping point. The facility maintains millions of pieces of inventory on some of the…
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Bart Simpson, vice president of client development for Flywheel Brands, joined the show to talk podcasting for promo businesses, leadership, managing teams and a whole lot more. Plus, just in time for baseball season, Sean and Brendan discuss ballpark giveaways. Who decided all T-shirt promos should be size XL?!…
Read MoreAnheuser-Busch Companies LLC and Anheuser-Busch InBev have lately needed to see how they will manage some of their financial holdings due to a corn syrup-centric lawsuit from MillerCoors. While that matter is way too young for us to gauge what might happen to the beer bigwigs’ bank accounts, we can confidently look at the returns…
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It’s April 2, which means that hopefully you survived all of yesterday’s corny and humorous April Fool’s jokes. But it wouldn’t have been April Fool’s Day if there wasn’t at least one joke we almost fell for, and that was Nissin’s Cup Noodles headphones that were reportedly “sold out”…
Read MoreIt seems like Soulja Boy has more in common with the likes of Ja Rule than entrepreneurs like Jay-Z, in that he’s really good at making something look nice but not actually delivering the product.
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Starline Inc., Grand Island, N.Y., announced a new partnership with JanSport, the global manufacturer of backpacks and outdoor gear for more than 50 years. “Starline has brought many outstanding brands into the fold, and we’ve had tremendous success,” said Brian Porter, Starline’s senior vice president of sales and marketing. “JanSport has stood apart as one…
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