The world of technology moves pretty fast. But no matter how many phone upgrades or software updates we do, there’s one problem the tech world can’t seem to remedy: keeping our phones charged. Luckily, when we’re on the go, we can rely on portable power banks. But one apparel startup wants to make the process even simpler…
For athletes all over the world, wearing an Olympic medal is one of the highest achievements imaginable. As we get closer to this year’s Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, we found a look at…
Kanye West releases underwhelming merchandise, Lululemon is headed to the 2016 Summer Olympics, one apparel company takes pocket tees to a new level, donated clothing helps more than trashed clothing, and one school bans Washington Redskins merchandise: Here’s what’s happening this week in the apparel world…
Halls & Company, the Brooklyn Park, Minnesota-based manufacturer of ID Line, has announced that it has hired Colin Johnson as its digital marketing specialist. Johnson is the grandson of the company’s founder, Chris Johnson. Johnson graduated from St. Cloud State…
A few years ago, I downloaded a free Sudoku app called Sudoku Joy. I had not played Sudoku before this app and I was not sure I would like Sudoku. In fact, I was pretty sure I would not like Sudoku. Turns out, I was wrong. I like Sudoku quite a bit, and this app…
Chris Morrissey, president of Fort Collins, Colorado-based Proforma Big Dog Branding has received one to two emails a day from prospective customers asking for information on products for about the last eight months. For any distributor, that doesn’t seem out of the ordinary. If anything, that’s great news. Business is booming, right? Not necessarily. Morrissey,…
As we’ve seen on tour apparel, college T-shirts and rugs, misprints happen. That said, spelling a major athlete’s name wrong on the back of his own jersey is a pretty big no-no. Los Angeles Galaxy, and former Liverpool FC, star Steven Gerrard played a game on Sunday evening with “Gerrrad” on the back of his…
Promotional Products Education Foundation (PPEF), Irving, Texas, a nonprofit founded to recognize and encourage scholastic excellence and academic performance among promotional products industry employees and their children, today announced 102 winners of $150,000 in academic scholarships. PPEF has awarded more than $1.56 million in financial assistance to 926 recipients since 1989. The organization awarded scholarships…
It pays to go the extra mile. Regardless of the industry, customers and peers appreciate when someone makes that extra effort to create or provide something special. Steve Bocher, CAS, owner of Catch…
Just less than a week after voters shocked the world by voting to leave the European Union, we’re starting to see economic ripples all across the world. Though U.K. will feel the majority of the impact from the referendum, folks in the U.S. still will see some changes as…