A law in Arizona requires local politicians to report to the Department of Administration (ADOA) when they spend public funds on promotional items that include their names or photographs. This includes elected city, county and school-board officials. However, due to the lack of any real consequence consequence for not obeying the law, it’s rarely followed. According…
We in America are no strangers to the “special sauce” on Big Macs from McDonald’s. You know, that mysterious, pinkish stuff that you can’t get anywhere else? Well, McDonald’s has seemingly opened the secret vault where it keeps its sauce, and is giving it out in bottles as a promotional tool. That’s right, for one day…
The Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance announced Chuck Hammond, president and CEO of Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based Raining Rose Inc., as the recipient of the 2016 Howard Hall Excellence in Business Award. Hammond…
We all remember the American Airlines new uniform catastrophe—in part because it’s still going on. More than 1,000 American Airlines employees came forward stating that their new uniforms caused headaches, rashes and a host of other complaints.…
Athleisure, athletic apparel, sportswear, gym clothes—whatever you want to call it—it’s a huge power player in the apparel market. Celebrities everywhere are jumping on the bandwagon, and you pretty much can’t cross the street without seeing someone in these comfort looks. The question is, does the ubiquity of…
With Amazon preparing to dominate the athletic apparel market, many are wondering if it will live up to the hype. Lately, Amazon has been setting its sights on everything from shipping to cashier-less grocery stores, and there are no signs of stopping. But apparel? Certainly the e-commerce giant can’t disrupt an already over-saturated market, right? Wrong. Let’s…
A month ago, protests began in Bangladesh over low wages at major manufacturing factories for companies like H&M and Gap. As a result, police officers in areas surrounding the capital city of Dhaka have detained at least 14 labor activists since the protests began in December. The New York Times reported that factory managers have…
Boy, did you watch those NFL conference championship games? Not exactly close ones, were they? While there wasn’t much hope during the games for the Packers or Steelers to squeeze out victories (especially the Packers, yeesh), merchandise celebrating their theoretical wins still exists. Here are some of our favorites, thanks to SportsLogos.net: 1. Super Bowl…
After the messy situation surrounding the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 (which we still get notifications about when we’re boarding airplanes), Samsung announced yesterday that its latest smartphone, the Galaxy…
Many kids who grew up in the VHS age remember the huge (almost to the point of overkill) packaging that Disney movies came in. They opened like a book, and had white lining surrounding the cover photo. To monetize some of that sweet, sweet ’90s nostalgia that’s all the rage these days, Disney is once…