Sweda Company LLC, City of Industry, Calif., has added Teddie McGinley as a new regional sales executive for New York. McGinley joins Sweda with previous industry sales experience at Chocolate Inn/Taylor & Grant, having most recently worked in sales as Northeast regional account manager for Emerald Brand, where she…
As Instagram nears its Oct. 6 birthday, perhaps its overseers are experiencing the commercial version of the seven-year itch. Though they have a highly popular social networking platform on their hands, with more than 800 million users and over 200 million devotees to its eponymous Stories feature, they know, like every other business should, that…
If we could include emojis in our articles, this one would start with a giant face palm. We want to understand Jared Leto. We want to give him the benefit of the doubt. But when we saw his band’s new merchandise, we concluded we must be living on two different planets. Leto’s band 30 Seconds…
Now that it’s happened, we can’t believe it’s taken this long. In celebration of the 40th anniversary of the National Federation of the Blind moving its headquarters to Baltimore, the Orioles created uniforms with Braille lettering. According to the Washington Post, the Orioles wore the uniforms in a game against the Blue Jays, and Braille…
Jackets and outerwear have gotten a major upgrade since the days of the Thunderbirds and the Pink Ladies. While the looks are still sought out as statement pieces, they also feature technical specifications that make them must-have additions to any ensemble. With the right knowledge, promotional jackets and outerwear can help you (and your clients) achieve year-round success…
To all our promotional apparel distributors and suppliers, we have an important lesson for you this week, care of a recently released sweatshirt from apparel retailer Revolve. It just might be the difference between executing an inspiring promotional campaign and unleashing a viral hate storm…
After the U.S. proposed additional (and threatened to ratchet up) tariffs against Chinese goods, China responded today by imposing new trade tariffs on $60 billion of…
Amazon Business, the e-commerce titan’s B2B marketplace for everything from staplers to suspenders, launched in 2015, replacing a previous iteration of the service known as Amazon Supply. That first year, Amazon Business generated a tidy $1 billion in sales. Just three years later, it’s already set to top $10 billion…
Paul Bellantone, president and CEO of PPAI, issued the following message regarding disaster relief for promotional products companies affected by Hurricane Florence or Olivia: PPAI stands ready to assist members and non-members who are affected by Hurricane Florence or Olivia. PPAI sends out…
Taek Sung, senior vice president of sales and marketing for iClick, joined the show to talk about PopSockets, content marketing and the unexpected speed bumps that accompany 275 percent year-over-year growth. (Such as: Do you have enough parking spaces? What about bathrooms?) Plus, Sean and Brendan discuss Colorado Timberline’s sudden closing due to a ransomware attack…