While we cover our ears and hum Alice Cooper’s “School’s Out For Summer” every time a back-to-school commercial comes on the TV, there’s no denying that September is almost here. And while we can’t speak to the latest textbook volumes or which teachers give pop quizzes, we can tell you which fashion trends will be…
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If you like piña coladas, and getting straight A’s; if you’re sporting a toga, and midterms are a craze, then these shirts are for you. (Yes, I did just make that up on the spot.) Anyway, it looks like Tommy Bahama is betting on college student customers…
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Justin Bieber might be the subject of preteen disdain after he canceled the remainder of his tour, but that doesn’t mean that the “Despacito” singer can’t design a winning T-shirt. According to GQ, the pop star teamed up with famed stylist Karla Welch to design a new line of white T-shirts for Hanes. Apparently, the…
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Last week, Montreal-based Gildan Activewear announced that American Apparel clothing items would still sell through its former e-commerce site starting Aug. 14. It looks like Gildan couldn’t wait for the Aug. 14 debut, because the site is officially up and running. …
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This weekend, I was going outdoors, and knew it was going to be hot. I decided to take a large amount of water with me, so I went into my cabinet to grab the biggest drink container I could find. What I found impressed me. I found my 32 oz. sports bottle from Doylestown Rock…
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The Lipco Group, Branson, Mo., a supplier of promotional products, launched a new e-commerce site that circumvents the traditional supplier-distributor method. The new site features a stock of more than 11,000 products, and allows customers, like gift shops, to purchase directly from online. The company said in a press release that its new website, www.lipco.biz,…
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Last month, we reported that Totally Promotional, Coldwater, Ohio, was being investigated by the FBI for possible price fixing in the promotional products space. Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Azim Makanojiya, president of an unrelated promo company, Zaapaaz Inc. (WB Promotions Inc., Wrist-Band.com and Customlanyard.net), pleaded guilty to conspiring to fix prices…
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We know very well that we should make lemonade when life gives us lemons, but what might be a proper course of action when it presents…
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Mohawk, Cohoes, N.Y., announced the release of “A Maker’s Field Guide to Envelopes,” the latest in a series of comprehensive, printed guides designed to inspire and educate designers, their clients and printers on the importance of choosing the right materials for print. “The new ‘Maker’s Field Guide to Envelopes’ is the latest expression of Mohawk’s…
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I started Proforma in 1978, just one year after graduating from college, in my Cleveland apartment with a $200 investment in a phone answering machine, stationery and a used file cabinet. We grew nicely in those early years. By 1984, we had grown to about $4 million in the Cleveland area. I decided it was…
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