Sports aren’t yet totally back to normal. That has hurt promotional products businesses that rely on sporting events from the pros down to the high school or youth level. As we wait for sports to fully return, we asked three industry pros for insights on what’s selling in this market, what they expect the recovery to look like and what comes next for sports promos…
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The Long Beach Police Department Is Not Happy About ‘2020 Riot’ Merchandise and Challenge Coins Bearing Its Name
Clear Hot Gear, a company that sells apparel, bags and other products relating to law enforcement and “tactical” purposes, is selling a challenge coin and sticker pack that says “Long Beach Police – 2020 Riot.” It is also selling similar coins and stickers for Los Angeles County. The actual Long Beach Police department is not happy about the products…
High Score! This Distributor’s Brilliant Self-Promo Has Generated Six Figures in Sales (and Counting)
WHOOPLA, a distributor based in Encino, Calif., sends out two to three self-promo kits a year. Its latest, meticulously crafted and fully themed in ’80s arcade branding, is already a smash hit, generating multiple orders totaling six figures in sales with 100 of the 200 total mailings still to go. Here’s how it came together…
Cosmetics Brand Glossier Wins Trademark for Millennial Pink Pouch
Glossier is one of the biggest names in cosmetics right now, and the pouch, as we’ve seen, is everywhere. With health and wellness products so popular in the promo world and Millennial Pink so popular everywhere, there’s always a chance a customer asks for something similar
commonsku Launches commonsku Sessions at Home, Live and Worldwide
commonsku opened registration for commonsku Sessions at Home, a virtual conference dedicated to thriving in sales. The virtual experience will be held on Thursday, Oct. 8, from 2 p.m. – 5 p.m. EST, and features a lineup of maverick thinkers who are reimagining the role of selling in the new world of work, including…
Printed Fan Cutouts Are the Hottest Thing in MLB Promos
There’s no doubt that baseball fans miss going to the ballpark. They miss it so much that they’re willing to pay for cardboard cutouts of themselves in the stands, just so they can maybe live vicariously through it (or spot it on TV). When the MLB season finally started this summer, the empty stadiums were a little eerie, so teams found a way to put “fans” in seats…
Our 5 Favorite Promotional Products of the Week: ‘Bill & Ted’ Gift Boxes, Outdated Stickers and More
Can you believe it’s almost Labor Day? We need to buy ourselves a new grill and throw away all of our white clothes in preparation. That’s how that rule works, right? You have to trash all white clothing you’ve accumulated since spring? We’re not fashion experts. But we are sort of experts in recognizing good promotional products, so let us highlight five of our favorites…
Wearable Tech Could Make Travel and Tourism Possible Again
One of the biggest difficulties in limiting the spread of COVID-19 has been the daunting task of tracing contacts and mitigating the spread from tourists entering countries. An answer to the problem might be wearable technology. Singapore is one example that has used wearable tech to track returning residents during a 14-day quarantine…
Yes, There’s an iPhone Pocket: The Iconic Girl Scouts Uniform Gets a Gen-Z Redesign
The Girl Scouts of the USA is reimagining its historic uniforms with the help of three students from New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology. The new collection plays on themes seen in other uniform collections, such as interchangeable pieces, with 18 new items and a new vest and sash. It’s the first redesign in more than 20 years…
Soft-Hand T-shirt Printing: Managing Client Expectations (and 3 Factors to Consider)
“Soft-hand” is a relative term when it comes to screen-printed T-shirts. When you ask for soft-hand printing on two different orders, the finished print for one order can be much softer than the finished print on the other. How soft can you expect a soft-hand print to be? More importantly, how soft does your client expect the print to be?…