Now more than ever, promotional apparel trends are drawing inspiration from street style and runway looks. But, promotional apparel suppliers and distributors need to be able to repurpose these trending looks into promotional styles that still showcase the client’s branding. To help you find this balance, Mark Seymour, chief sales officer for Next Level Apparel,…
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Admittedly, Drake’s “Nice For What” has become our most recent anthem, so when we read that Drake did another great thing and followed through on his high school school uniforms promise, we were pretty excited. First, some backstory: The hip-hop superstar filmed his “God’s Plan” music video in Miami, where he ended up donating $1…
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The rumors of Amazon’s apparel market share have not been exaggerated. Back in January, we heard rumblings that Amazon was projected to become the largest apparel retailer by the end of 2018, and it looks like that prediction is still holding strong. According to TechCrunch, Amazon is taking…
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Luxury packaging printer JohnsByrne, Niles, Ill., has installed the Eagle Systems Cold Foil system to better serve their client base. “We are a very client-centric, customer-focused operation,”…
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If a baseball player were to succeed 42 percent of the time he ventured to home plate, we would laud him as a true wonder, as only eight players have accomplished that feat in a single season, and none has reached that mark as his career average. In the sales world, though, triumphing at that…
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In order to place a promotional T-shirt on every single seat in the Smoothie King Center (all 17,791 of them), employees had to work for hours following a fine-tuned routine. First, about 250 boxes of 72 T-shirts each were placed in 56 aisles. This step took two hours alone…
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Single-use plastic bag bans in cities and states across the world seem to be working, as U.K. government…
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S&S Activewear, Bolingbrook, Ill., officially opened its doors to a new state-of-the-art distribution center in McDonough, Ga. The new 505,000 sq. ft. warehouse facility is the latest installment in S&S’s national expansion, adding to facilities in Illinois, Kansas, New Jersey, California and Texas. Now operating more than 3 million sq. ft. across the country, S&S’s…
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We’ve got big news coming from the big mouse in charge. According to Orlando Weekly, all U.S. Disney Store locations will begin phasing out plastic branded bags as part of a company-wide initiative. While plastic bag bans have received pushback recently, it looks like the Disney brand is…
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Despite the prominence of screens and keyboards in daily life, writing instruments remain big sellers, and there are multiple encouraging reasons for this. Here’s why promotional pens and writing instruments are still a trusty source of sales business for promotional products distributors…
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