While most retail brands usually remain neutral on political debates, Urban Outfitters is capitalizing on the anti-Trump campaign. According to Bloomberg, the company is offering customers a variety of anti-Trump merchandise, including a T-shirt that reads, “IDK Not Trump…
Polyconcept, a global promotional products company and parent of suppliers Polyconcept North America (PCNA) and PF Concept, announced today that it will be acquired by Charlesbank Capital Partners, a Boston-based, middle-market private equity firm.
Brands that are trying to be something they are not should be worried. A new generation of consumers and B2B buyers who really care about the purpose of the companies they buy from and work for, combined with a landscape in which brands increasingly are exposed by the people who work for them, are putting pressure…
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. Last week, Suntex Industries won and now will face off against Raining Rose Inc. The winner will be decided by a simple poll. The poll will close the morning of Friday, July…
Back in April, we reported that Hanesbrands Inc., Winston-Salem, N.C., acquired Pacific Brands Limited, an Australian underwear company. Today, HanesBrands Inc. announced that it has completed the acquisition of Pacific Brands Limited. Hanesbrands Inc. acquired Pacific Brands for approximately $800 million. Pacific Brands consists of three business divisions: underwear, Sheridan, Tontine and Dunlop Flooring. Annual sales…
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Prime Line, Bridgeport, Conn., released the summer edition of its quarterly trends report #WhatsTrendingNow, which includes stories on education, awareness and football, plus a blog entitled, “What Inspires You?” The report can be viewed here. This issue features product ideas that support each trend from Prime Line and Jetline, which is now Prime Line’s value line.…
The 2016 PGA Championship at Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, N.J., will take place July 28 to 31. This week, NJ.com gave readers a sneak peak at some of the 2016 PGA Championship merchandise that will be on sale at the official store. While there’s no confirmation as to whether or not Tiger Woods will…
A T-shirt vendor at the Cherry Hill Mall in Cherry Hill, N.J., found himself in the center of controversy after he sold T-shirts that he claimed were in protest to police brutality. Amir Miller, who was operating a T-shirt kiosk in the mall, sold T-shirts that read, “This has to stop” and depicted two stick-figure…
Whether it was the result of Cleveland Cavaliers fans finally getting to celebrate a victory or just passengers on the LeBron James hype train who wanted to celebrate him making good on his promise to bring a…