The Chinese Canadian Council for Social Justice debuted a promotional campaign to combat the racial discrimination against Asian people during the height of coronavirus panic. The campaign involved a commercial, showing people in hazmat suit walking the streets of Toronto, handing out miniature bottles of promotional hand sanitizer that say “Stop the Spread”…
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HALO Branded Solutions Completes New Distribution Center
HALO Branded Solutions, Sterling, Ill., hosted local and state dignitaries at a ribbon cutting ceremony for its new, state-of-the-art 275,000 sq. ft. distribution center. The distribution center is an addition to HALO’s 157,000 sq. ft. corporate headquarters, completed in April 2018 in Sterling. “We had originally planned to expand five years after the move-in of…
Logo Design Trends for 2020 (According to Tech.co)
There are plenty of companies that are looking to appeal to consumers with not only their goods, but also their logos. Tech.co devoted an examination to logo design trends for 2020, and we found ourselves drawn to the resulting takeaways, but especially the throwback logos and so-called “logo-less” logo designs…
Indie Rockers The 1975 Sell Reusable Water Bottles With All Proceeds Benefiting Climate Activism
British indie rockers The 1975 have proved themselves to be one of the most eco-friendly bands in the game. A few months back they decided to limit apparel waste by letting fans print over old band merch with updated graphics, rather than shell out the money for new ones and use more resources to meet demand…
Maple Ridge Farms Donates $5,000 to Habitat for Humanity of Wausau
On March 5, 2020, Maple Ridge Farms delivered a check for $5,000 to Habitat for Humanity of Wausau, Wis. The donation was the result of a “Give Back” program started in September 2019. In that program, Maple Ridge Farms offered to donate a percentage of the profits from a specially selected line of gifts…
Promo Suppliers Are Out of Hand Sanitizer, and Re-Stocking Could Take Weeks
Hand sanitizer has been in high demand as coronavirus worry mounts. In the promotional products industry, that demand has come at the expense of a few suppliers’ inventory. Suppliers like Raining Rose Inc., Hit Promotional Products, SnugZ USA and more have said that they’re out of hand sanitizer, with no clear timetable on when it will be restocked…
Drake’s Toronto Raptors Branded Merch Keeps Selling Out
Proud to show off his connection to Toronto, Drake has been a boon to his birth city’s Raptors, who, owing to his stardom and their status as the reigning NBA champions, keep selling out of co-branded items from October’s Very Own, Drake’s company…
Northern Irish Political Figure Calls Promotional Shirt for Netflix Show ‘Blasphemous’
Baroness Eileen Paisley, a political figure in Northern Ireland, criticized a Belfast sports store because of a shirt advertising the Netflix/Channel 4 show “Derry Girls.” The shirt in question is a yellow and green Gaelic Athletic jersey with the show’s fictional school’s crest, and features a picture of the character Sister Michael rolling her eyes with the quote…
AHEAD Acquires Tournament Solutions
AHEAD, New Bedford, Mass., has announced the acquisition of Tournament Solutions Inc. Founded in 2002 by Pam Berube and John Lawrence, Tournament Solutions has become a major golf tournament and gifts awards purveyor in the U.S. The company is an industry leader in providing customized tournament gifting packages for member, charity and professional events, as…
Our Fave 5 Promotional Products of the Week: Lagavulin Whiskey, George Costanza and More
Is anyone else’s circadian rhythm completely thrown off by the time change? We love the extra hour of evening sunlight, but the dark mornings are rough. Thankfully, we have promotional products of all kinds to put some pep in our steps. Here are five that caught our eyes this last week. You might even say they were our Fave 5!…