Years ago, when Taco Bell unveiled the Doritos Locos Taco, we truly didn’t think the fast food chain could ever top it. Then, the company started selling branded merchandise, and we just about lost our heads. It turns out the taco king knows a thing or two about promotional merchandise, and its latest holiday collection proves just that…
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BIC Graphic, Clearwater, Fla., recently settled an infringement matter, protecting its KOOZIE trademark, with products distributed through a major global retailer. BIC Graphic actively works to protect the KOOZIE brand, which has its roots in the promotional products industry…
Read MorePantone is wildly significant in promo world. But every year, we also wait for the Pantone Institute of Color to predict the year’s big color trends and see how they impact the fashion landscape. (This year, we even found out the color company has a monopoly on the “World’s Ugliest Color,” too.) For now, it looks like Pantone is making headlines again as yet another of its shades is taking over the fashion world…
Read MoreMeme fashion isn’t exactly something you would expect to see on the pages of a Vogue editorial, and yet it’s completely dictating the future of the fashion world, according to Lyst. Crocs, for example, were a shoe so ruthlessly mocked that we thought they would be phased out entirely by now. Instead, they’re experiencing a fashion renaissance…
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Facilisgroup, St. Louis, Mo., announced today that it has been acquired by Elysian Capital LLC, a private equity firm based in London, U.K. Facilis will continue to operate as Facilisgroup under the strategic leadership of Dan Rochette (founder), Martin Weber (chief business development officer) and Chuck Fandos (CEO)…
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We should have seen this one coming. Only six days after wondering (while writing about Dunkin’s faux branded apparel) which eateries would follow the likes of Arby’s, KFC, Wendy’s and others, we should have known that Chili’s, our favorite Tex-Mex chain (sorry to sadden you, Taco Bell) would next join the world of branded goods.…
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This year alone, British Airways, Delta Airlines, Turkish Airlines, Air New Zealand, American Airlines, Alaska Airlines and more announced they would revamp their employee uniforms to achieve a more updated look for each airline. All this attention to employee uniforms and aprons is great news for promotional apparel distributors looking to cash in on new business opportunities…
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Prime Line, the hard goods division of alphabroder based in Bridgeport, Conn., announced it has increased production capacity by 20 percent through the addition of multiple production lines and warehousing space to accommodate a surge of 24-hour rush holiday orders. “The continued steady growth of our 24-hour rush items as well as our gift category…
Read MoreIt’s hard to believe that Starbucks’ holiday cups have been around for 22 years, but according to ABC7, this is indeed the case. Thankfully, there’s a video that gives us the chance to watch the evolution of the holiday cup into what it is today. And we’ve got three key takeaways from Starbucks’ two decades of designs…
Read MoreKid Rock has found himself in the public eye for two decades (as if we needed another reminder about how much older we are all growing), forging a career that has been high on hits and controversies. Meshing his penchants for issuing well-received music and ruffling feathers, the chart-topping artist and Michigan native last year…
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