New York’s Iconic ‘I Love NY’ Logo Almost Didn’t Exist

Everyone who’s been to New York City (and, honestly, probably a lot of people who haven’t) are familiar with the iconic “I Love New York” logo. It’s pretty much the most omnipresent tourist souvenir from the Big Apple, adorning T-shirts, mugs, sweatshirts, keychains, you name it. And it almost didn’t exist. To celebrate the logo’s…

Teespring Pulls Shirts with Rebranded Nazi Symbol Yet Hawks Other Insensitive Tops

Many T-shirts are so comedic that they can leave wearers and observers in figurative stitches, but other tops can inspire people to ponder what often possesses companies to have the literal fasteners bear controversial and questionable messages. Having faced backlash for its plan to rebrand the swastika as a positive symbol, Teespring altered the garments…

STAHLS’ Offers Heat Transfer Foil in 12 New Colors

STAHLS’, Sterling Heights, Mich., added new colors of heat transfer foil. With the recent addition of 12 new colors, bringing the total to 26, customers can match school colors for spirit wear, corporate colors for logos, and go crazy creating fun new fashion and novelty wear. The new colors are bright gold, black, navy, maroon,…

Will Stamp Books Bring Kids to the Ballpark?

When you, as promotional products professionals, are thinking about a way to appeal to the younger generation, what do you think of? Fidget spinners? Bluetooth speakers? Smartphone accessories? Stamp books? Wait, what was…

Ferrari Loses Testarossa Trademark to Toy Company

When we hear “Testarossa” we immediately think of Ferrari. And we’re not exactly car buffs, so we would imagine that others do the same. Well, regardless of how common that word association is, a German court ruled that Ferrari has to relinquish its right to the name due to a lack of ongoing use. Remember…

PM Video Battle Programming Note

Hello Video Battle Fans, Brendan from Promo Marketing here with a quick programming note. After two years of bringing you the best videos from around the promotional products industry, we’ll be taking a temporary break from the Video Battle This doesn’t mean Video Battle is done forever. Our primary focus at Promo Marketing is to…

Proforma’s Annual Convention Draws More Than 700 Attendees

Cleveland-based Proforma’s 2017 Annual Convention and Family Reunion, held at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center in Orlando, Fla., recently concluded with more than 700 industry professionals in attendance. This four-day event was packed full of education sessions, motivational presentations, networking and more. “It is exciting to see how Proforma’s Convention has evolved into…