Links Unlimited Celebrates 20 Years in the Industry

Links Unlimited, Cincinnati, announced that this year marks its 20th anniversary of providing premium brands and quality service to the corporate incentive market. Scott Kooken and Bret Williams founded the company on July 17, 1996, as a company focused on supplying premium golf merchandise to the corporate promotions industry. That niche provided an introduction to…

Q&A: Next Products’ Jeff Batson on Drinkware Trends

It’s easy to get lost in the world of drinkware, which is why you should get an expert’s opinion. We spoke to Jeff Batson, president of Next Products, Shelbyville, Ind., to learn what’s trending in drinkware, when high-end drinkware promotions work best and…

Last Chance to Vote! PM Video Battle: Rosalie Marcus Versus Bizee Body Promotions

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’re hoping the thunderstorms go around Philadelphia this weekend. We want to be outside as much as possible!) Last week, PWS won its fourth in a row, earning them a…

Global Trends in Product Transparency

On November 23, 2015, the world’s largest food manufacturer, Nestle, disclosed publicly that slave labor was being used to produce its seafood sourced from its supply chain in Thailand. An investigation had shown that Thai fishing operators lured migrant with false promises. The migrants were sold systematically and then kept in bondage and degrading conditions…

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Canadian Officials Urge US to Use its Method of Preventing Counterfeiting

After this year’s Super Bowl, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents seized an estimated $39 million worth of counterfeit Super Bowl items. NHL officials just warned hockey fans last week to be on the lookout for counterfeit Stanley Cup merchandise. Heck, even AC/DC asked U.S. marshals to stop counterfeiters from selling items outside of their concerts.…

Raining Rose Inc. Adds National Large Account Sales Resentative

Raining Rose Inc., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has announced the addition of Kelly Slaughter as its new national large account sales representative. Slaughter grew up in St. Louis, and attended college at St. Louis University. She worked in her hometown for…

The Republican National Convention Selects Official Merchandiser

While the merchandise provider for the Democratic National Convention was chosen months ago, the Cleveland 2016 Host Committee selected its official merchandise provider for the Republican National Convention yesterday. According to Crain’s Cleveland Business, Mogadore, Ohio-based ASW Global was chosen as…

Bonnaroo Bans (and then Unbans) Single-use Water Bottles

Bonnaroo, the famous music festival that takes place in the middle of the Tennessee summer heat, now will allow factory-sealed single-use water bottles within the concert area after initially barring them from the festival. Previously, according to The Tennessean, the festival decided this year to only allow empty water bottles into the concert area. This…