Standard Issue’s T-shirt/Soap Bundle Is a Fresh Take on Kitting

Everyone loves a bundle. Pairings aren’t just limited to wine and cheese, either. There are plenty of things that pair well with apparel. If you ask a lot of modern artists, albums work well with merchandise, but that’s part of a scheme to boost album sales. If you ask Standard Issue what goes well with…

2020 Wrap-Up: 10 of Our Biggest Apparel Stories of the Year

It’s been an interesting few months for apparel. Workwear suddenly became a lot more casual, as “Zoom shirts” became a thing. A good pair of sweatpants were suddenly more valuable than gold, and we even saw the dawn of “Sicker.” In addition to pandemic-specific stories from this year, fashion continues to move forward at its…

Koozie Group (previously BIC Graphic) Acquires IMAGEN Brands

Koozie Group (previously BIC Graphic North America), a portfolio company of H.I.G. Capital, has announced the completion of the acquisition of IMAGEN Brands with the support of H.I.G. IMAGEN Brands, whose companies include Vitronic and Crown, is a Top 40 hard goods supplier, recognized as a leader in service and decoration innovation. It is also…

2020 Wrap-Up: Our Favorite Promo Stories From This Year

With it being so close to the holidays, we thought we’d have a little fun and count down our favorite stories from the year. Maybe they were especially fun to write. Maybe the subject matter just caught our eyes a little more than others. Either way, we thought they were fun and we want to share them again with the world…

Epic Games Teams With Samsung as It Ramps Up Fornite Merch War Against Apple

Epic Games, developer of the video game phenomenon Fortnite, has been feuding with Apple and Google since the game was removed from the iOS App Store and Google Play Store. In the latest escalation of the war, Epic Games teamed up with Samsung to send a Fortnite merch bundle to gaming industry journalists…

Legacy Truckers Now Available From Sportsman Cap & Bag

Sportsman Cap & Bag, Kansas City, Mo., has added two retro-inspired, coton/polyester blend truckers from the brand Legacy. “Trucker demand has been at an all-time high,” said Dan Saferstein, president of Sportsman Cap & Bag. “The popularity and cool factor of today’s truckers makes them a top choice for any industry, event or occasion. Sine…

2020 Wrap-Up: Our Favorite Feel-Good Stories of the Year

Throughout a rough year, we’ve been lucky enough to report on stories that restored our faith in humanity or just made us chuckle. So, with that, on this Monday (also the shortest day of the year), we figured we could use a little dose of positivity with our favorite feel-good stories from 2020…