Question: Should I put the real shipping or in-hands dates on the orders I send to suppliers? Answer: I always built in a cushion of a few days to prevent 11th hour heroics and to be prepared for client ignorance, like neglecting to tell me the event is at 8 a.m. or that they need…
Back in March, a San Antonio-based grocery store debuted tote bags celebrating the late pop star Selena. The $2 tote bag resulted in lines stretching onto the sidewalk and a nearly instant sell out. Heck, the store’s website even crashed as it got inundated with traffic. To meet the popular demand—bags sold for as high…
Proforma, Cleveland, has announced the January 2019 pre-release of ProVision2, a new business management technology platform providing owners with powerful business insights, metrics and efficient order entry. Proforma has invested more than $10 million over the past three years developing ProVision2, which has been in the beta phase for the past two years. To date,…
The Holidayoncé collection includes items like hoodies and crewneck sweatshirts, joggers, cropped and full-length tees, a knit scarf, a tote, mugs and—quite possibly our favorite items—the new ornaments and wrapping paper with symbols from Beyoncé’s crest. Here are our favorites…
As 2018 nears its end, people are starting to craft their resolutions for 2019. Some people might want to exercise more. Some people might want to budget a little better. What Pantone thinks everyone should do is just chill out a little bit, and their 2019 Color of the Year choice is designed to help…
Xante, Mobile, Ala., announced the availability of two new configurations for its award-winning En/Press Multimedia Digital Press. Customers may now choose extended paper handling with either two additional adjustable input trays or a single…
It seems that food-centric businesses are not going to stop until each one has contributed to the explosion of customized apparel and other promotional merch, which quite obviously is good news for the promo industry. And we are glad to report that Cinnabon has joined the mix, as the 33-year-old Georgia company launched a merch store that features 12 different items and showcases some creative branding…
Yesterday, President Trump said that negotiations with China are underway, and that he’d hold off on increasing tariffs from 10 percent to 25 percent, giving the two parties 90 days to reach an agreement. When we initially reported on it, we noted that it brings a “measure of stability” to what has been a tenuous situation. Then came this series of tweets and reports…
One of the most annoying workplace “problems” (we use that in quotation marks because it’s not really a problem) is forgetting you had a cup of coffee and it eventually gets cold, rendering it disgusting and undrinkable. That might just be a thing of the past, thanks to the Ember “smart mug.” The brainchild of…
Ugly sweaters: Every sports team, musician and fast food company seems to have their own iteration of the holiday’s hottest trend. But running shoe company Brooks just proved you don’t need to do sweaters to get in on the ugly sweater trend…