Today, the U.S. Department of Labor announced that President Barack Obama and Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez announced the publication of the Department of Labor’s final rule to update overtime regulations and automatically extend overtime pay protections to more than 4 million workers within its first year. This new legislation sets the standard salary level…
We ride bikes for many reasons—transportation, exercise, leisurely enjoyment. But no matter what the reason, we always end up feeling great after (even if we’re sweaty). May is National Bike Month, so we put together some apparel products we think any rider, new or…
Here’s what’s happening this week in the apparel world … * Athletic wear companies Under Armour and Adidas have kissed and made up. Both retailers have reached a settlement in a patent infringement lawsuit regarding mobile fitness product patents, according to The Baltimore Sun. “Adidas AG, Under Armour Inc. and MapMyFitness Inc. have resolved their pending patent…
When the Alpha Delta Pi sorority from Alabama’s Samford University decided to make shirts for its spring formal, this probably isn’t the end-result it expected. The shirts were printed with a vintage map of Alabama, which included an image of an African-American man eating a watermelon, according to AL.com…
StubHub shoots and scores the first NBA jersey ad. According to ESPN, the Philadelphia 76ers has become the first team to sell an ad on an NBA jersey. And the first sale didn’t take long, considering the NBA just approved the on-jersey advertisement plan last month…
Each year, Promo Marketing provides the definitive ranking of the Top 50 Distributors in the promotional products industry. For the next two weeks, we will be counting down the top 10 distributors of 2016 with exclusive interviews featuring the CEOs, presidents and owners of each company. Check back each day for more updates on the…
A promotional products distributor is seeking $300 million from Paris Business Products Inc., Westampton, N.J., for allegedly cheating it out of commission from a new jump-starter for cars. According to…
USA/Docufinish, Yorkville, Ill., announced that it has purchased Action Graphix, Yorkville, Ill. The acquisition gives USA/Docufinish an opportunity to expand further into all types of wide-format printing, including banners, wall graphics, window graphics, floor graphics, signs, vehicle graphics and car wraps. “With the addition of Action Graphix, we are further enriching our products and services…
Investcorp Bank, a Bahrain-based investment firm, currently is exploring a sale of Polyconcept, Roelofarendsveen, Holland, potentially worth more than $1.3 billion. Reuters reported that Investcorp Bank is working with two other investment banks, William Blair & Co. LLC and Barclays PLC, in the auction for Polyconcept. The auction currently is in its second round of…
Pinnacle Designs, San Fernando, Calif., announced that it has added Monique Nigorizawa as its new director of sales and marketing. She joins the company with seven years of experience in the promotional products industry. Prior to joining the industry, she worked for eight years with the Hartford Financial Services Group in sales and management. She…