Due to last week’s Las Vegas-situated PPAI Expo, yours truly has developed a greater interest in traveling a tad more. I will likely never come down with wanderlust, but I know a few spots will tempt me and make me yearn for airplane snacks, room service and sightseeing excursions. Thanks to Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC),…
Read MoreTransfer Express Offers February Free Seminar On Printing And Selling Wedding Items
A free February webinar from Transfer Express, Mentor, Ohio, will show how to tap into the wedding market with custom favors, mementos and gifts created with heat press technology. Viewers will discover the many opportunities presented by the big day, including custom-printed wedding decorations and gifts for members of the wedding party. They’ll also get…
Read MoreAmazon Pulls Third-Party Apparel Items Featuring Slavery Joke
It’s easy to assume that as a company grows in power and visibility, it becomes infallible to mistakes. It’s also easy to assume that a company with the clout and resources that Amazon has would have necessary quality control personnel to weed out potentially disastrous hits to its reputation. That’s what makes it so astounding…
Read MoreThe World’s Largest T-shirt Is the Size of a Baseball Field
We here at Promo Marketing love hearing about big deals no matter whether they are the kind that yields financial windfall for companies, especially those within the promotional products industry, or are the sort that makes life on this third rock from the sun even more amazing thanks to their ingenuity. While the former variety…
Read MoreOld Spice Turns Mundane Maintenance Into Genius Promotion
Every facet of sports is commercialized anymore. The NBA is adding sponsorship to jerseys, a practice that has already caught on in the WNBA, and has really taken off in some European sports leagues. In some, you can’t even find the team’s logo amidst a sea of sponsors. The stadiums are all named after a…
Read MoreKid Rock May Be Able to Use ‘Greatest Show on Earth’ for Tour, Merch After All
It seems that after changing the name of his current tour from the Greatest Show On Earth to the American Rock ‘n’ Roll Tour 2018, Kid Rock has actually been granted the right to use the name. A U.S. Federal District Court judge in Florida has ruled in favor of Infant Stone despite the lawsuit Feld Entertainment has filed against him for trademark infringement…
Read MoreAprons Etc. Promotes Pam Pennington to Vice President of Strategic Partnerships
Aprons Etc., Greenville, S.C., has promoted Pam Pennington to vice president of strategic partnerships. Pennington will be responsible for the development and growth of next-level customer relationships with top 100 distributor accounts throughout the U.S. and Canada. Using 30-plus years of professional account management experience, Pennington has spent her 13 years with Aprons Etc. leveraging…
Read MoreForever 21, Honda Embark On Strange Collaboration
Last year, Forever 21 made headlines thanks to its clothing line with Taco Bell. It was creative, humorous and millennials loved it. For Forever 21’s latest exclusive collaboration, we have to admit we’re scratching our heads. According to HighSnobiety, Forever 21 is working with Honda for a vintage-inspired racing capsule collection. When we think millennials, we…
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Read MoreAlaska Airlines’ New Uniforms Are Here and They’re Classy as Heck
Last week, we revealed the news that Alaska Airlines was getting ready to unveil its uniform redesigns. This was exciting news, given the airline last overhauled its uniforms in 2011 (however, the last major…
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