From “Stranger Things”-inspired sports giveaways and a blood-spattered Amazon Echo to (yes, you guessed it) more brewery merchandise, here is this week’s installment of the Fave 5…
We’ve got some interesting news in the intersect of first amendment rights and branded clothing. According to the Washington Post, the Supreme Court on Monday decided that a federal ban on registering “immoral” trademarks is unconstitutional.
We don’t have to tell you that television product placement can be a big boost for a business, but it might be surprising just how influential a brief product spot can be. Such is the case for The Science Museum of Minnesota, which saw a major uptick in promotional shirt purchases from its gift shop and web store after “Stranger Things” used its branding for Dustin’s vintage sweatshirt…
Promotional Products Association International (PPAI), Irving, Texas, honored Daryll Griffin, MAS, owner and CEO of distributor Atlanta-based Accolades Inc., and the late Irene Kogutt, MAS, former owner of Dallas-based supplier Dart Manufacturing Company, as recipients of the 2019 PPAI Woman of Achievement award. The presentations were the highlight of Monday’s opening dinner at PPAI’s Women’s…
Let’s be honest, is there anything Rihanna can’t do? Over the years, the superstar has had a number of roles besides pop star. Those other interests have maybe put her recording career on the back burner, and fans have been asking her nonstop to release new music. RiRi, apparently, is getting tired of the questions, and has now taken to trolling her fans through social media with a $230 T-shirt…
We’ve learned that the New York Mets’ “Seinfeld” 30th anniversary celebrations, which we covered before, will also include a trio of vending machines that will dispense Seinfeld branded merchandise. Adweek notes that the machines involve “trivia,” but there’s no word on how exactly that will play in to fans receiving their merch…
The modern music merchandise game is a game of creativity, co-branding and innovation. Long gone are the days of a T-shirt being enough to complete a band’s merchandise portfolio. The dawn of e-commerce and a saturated music market has forced artists and marketing firms to think outside the boxy T-shirt. Weezer’s Black Market was the…
Greg Armstrong has joined Garden Grove, California-based supplier Evans Manufacturing as vice president of sales. Armstrong has more than 20 years of experience in all facets of the print and promotional products industry as a supplier, distributor and buyer. As a distributor, he has held the title of vice…
While box office receipts for “Toy Story 4” will make the honchos at Walt Disney Pictures Pixar Animation Studios quite happy as the summer unfolds, the movie’s overall identity stands to help ill children in Ireland feel that they are the richest people on the planet. That is because the cinematic titans have united with…
A new study focusing on chocolate packaging has some encouraging results for promo companies looking to provide custom packaging as an upsell for clients. Researchers published a report that found that people had different reactions to the same chocolate depending on its packaging…