For folks in the promotional products industry, it should come as no surprise to hear that merch is making such a big name for itself in the art world. After all, artists and museums have their own brands to support, and this is a world where everyone from fast food brands to airlines have been turning to promotional products…
Read MoreThe New Online Sales Tax Ruling Probably Won’t Affect Your Promotional Products Sales
Last week, the Supreme Court ruled that states can require retailers to collect sales tax from online shoppers, even if the company doesn’t have a physical presence in the state, reversing a 1992 decision. Some retailers celebrated the decision, but huge e-commerce businesses like Amazon and Etsy saw their stocks take hits on the day…
Read MoreVantage Apparel Hires Felicia Rodriguez as Director of Customer Experience
Vantage Apparel, award-winning decorator and industry source for custom logo apparel, has hired Felicia Rodriguez as director of customer experience. Rodriguez joins Vantage with an extensive background in client services, including a successful tenure managing the production, quality assurance, sales and service departments of a custom manufacturing company. “Vantage…
Read MoreHub Pen Company Hires Graphic Designer Tom Spirito
HUB Promotional Group’s Hub Pen Company, Braintree, Mass., has hired graphic designer Tom Spirito. He will be responsible for assisting Hub Pen’s marketing department in creating sales tools for company and customer use. Spirito comes to Hub with 14 years of experience in print, apparel and web design, and…
Read MoreThe Next-Level Way Two Breweries Are Using Glassware for Promotional Marketing
Owing to its 2009 induction into the Madison Avenue Advertising Walk of Fame and acknowledgment by Forbes.com as one of the top-10 best-ever tourism marketing campaigns, we will always revere the “Virginia Is for Lovers” slogan that the commonwealth has called on since 1969. Such is our devotion to poetic license, too, that, thanks to…
Read MoreFirst-Class Travelers Steal a Ton of Branded Stuff, and Airlines Have Embraced It
There are plenty of freebies in air travel—snacks, earbuds, the occasional adult beverage on international flights. Airlines use plenty of branded gear, as well. Think of the blankets, pillows, napkins, etc. As you could imagine (or have even seen firsthand) the more upscale your aviation experience, the more upscale the items tend to be. For…
Read MoreUnited Airlines Draws Praise for LGBTQ+ Pride T-shirt
The T-shirt, designed by Carolina Caraballo, senior marketing designer for United, features a group of airplanes followed by rainbow streaks across a blue background. Above this is the slogan “Let your true colors fly,” as well as United’s logo. The shirt sold out quickly online, showing that fans of United and LGBTQ+ Pride alike not only loved the design, but approved of its message as well…
Read More2018 Top 50 Distributors: Stats, Trends and Analysis
It was a good year for promotional products distributors. According to our data, the Top 50 totaled $5.033 billion in promotional products sales in 2017, up more than $500 million from our previous list’s $4.476 billion tally. Of the 44 distributors on this year’s list that also appeared on last year’s edition, 37 saw increased promotional products revenue from 2016 to 2017…
Read MoreThe 2018 Top 50 Promotional Products Distributors
It’s back! Each year for more than a decade, Promo Marketing has compiled a ranking of the biggest promotional products distributors. The 2018 Top 50 Distributors list is the result: a comprehensive ranking of the largest companies in the business, ranked by 2017 sales volume. The list is a helpful reference tool for distributor companies…
Read MoreActivists Give Out Thousands of Pro-Dreamers Promo Items to Congressional Baseball Game
A group of activists used promotional products typically used for team spirit to protest when they showed up to the Congressional Baseball Game on Thursday with T-shirts, can coolers and foam fingers. The items weren’t to cheer on the players, mind you. They were to remind the players (members of Congress) about legislation protecting “Dreamers”—undocumented…
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