Not every Amazon innovation is a winner. While this particular tech isn’t truly Amazon’s fault, it is using Amazon as its stage. According to Digital Trends, an Amazon bot called My Handy Design is creating smartphone cases for purchase from existing online images. If you think about the wide array of images online, you can…
Read MoreRymax Marketing Services’ Exclusive Partnership with Raden Takes Off
Rymax Marketing Services Inc., Pine Brook, N.J., announced its exclusive partnership with Raden. Super light-weight and extremely durable, Raden allows you to travel smart and get from point A to point B seamlessly. From weight sensors to built-in phone chargers, Raden cases come complete with the latest tech-enabled features—and they all connect to a mobile companion…
Read MoreAn Industry Power Couple You Should Know: Julie and Dan Haar
Meet Julie and Dan Haar, Owners of Proforma Strategic Promotions. This husband and wife team is a dynamic duo in the promotional marketing industry, whose many accomplishments include over 1,200 percent growth in six years’ time. Want to learn about this power couple’s inside secret to rapid business growth and outstanding success?…
Read MoreTrump Merchandise On Track to Sell Big Again for Reelection Campaign
After the 2016 presidential election, we saw just how important promotional products were. The Trump campaign relied heavily on tangible goods, including caps, signs and T-shirts, to get the message…
Read MoreLos Angeles Sets Aside $3M to Retrain Former American Apparel Employees
Approximately 600 former American Apparel employees who were laid off following the company’s sale to Gildan Activewear will receive new job skills training as part of a $3 million award from the California Employment Development Department. The award is designed to retrain workers impacted by the company’s bankruptcy and sale this year. The award will…
Read MoreLast Chance to Vote! PM Video Battle: Ariel Premium Supply Versus Wearable Imaging
Promo Marketing’s Video Battle pits two industry videos against each other for the chance at the ultimate bragging right: Being declared our readership’s absolute favorite. (Next up: We have to get back to the routine of five-day weeks again.) Last week, Ariel Premium Supply won, and now will face off against Wearable Imaging. The winner will…
Read MoreCotton Candy Joins QCA Distributor Advocacy Council
Quality Certification Alliance (QCA), Chicago, the promotional product industry’s only independent, non-governmental accreditation organization dedicated to helping companies provide safe products, has expanded its Distributor Advocacy Council (DAC) with the addition of Mississauga, Ontario-based Cotton Candy. The DAC mission is to elevate the standards by which firms that import and manufacture products are consistently delivering…
Read MoreWhy Cubs Fans Waited Hours in the Rain for a Bobblehead
When a franchise’s fans endure an agonizing period between championships, one might expect that waiting an additional two months for an item that commemorates the conclusion of the undesired delay would…
Read MoreHow Mark Cuban Could Be Saving the Hoverboard
It seems the Consumer Product Safety Commission damnation and multiple tragedies caused by hoverboards weren’t enough to fully take them off the market, as the hoverboard is getting the “Shark Tank” (or Dallas Mavericks) treatment. Just make sure you don’t call this model a toy, because it’s seriously meant for serious adults, apparently. Business Mogul…
Read MoreExplosion at Bangladesh Garment Factory Kills 13, Injures Dozens
At least 13 people are dead and dozens are injured after a boiler explosion at a garment facility near Dhaka, Bangladesh, Al Jazeera reported. The blast happened late Monday at a plant operated by Multifabs while it was undergoing maintenance. The boiler, which was located in a tin-roofed shed, damaged a nearby three-floor building. [caption…
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