Long a fan favorite Han Solo will serve as the subject of an eponymous anthology film that holds its world premiere today in Los Angeles and opens nationwide May 25. Six brands will help Disney tout the exploits of Princess Leia’s favorite scruffy-looking nerf herder, but the one that could have wowed us the most, the Solo Cup Company, has left us a tad disappointed…
Read MoreBIC Graphic Expert Series – Bags
The second in this series of BIC Graphic Expert Sessions focuses on bags, tied for the 2nd largest category in promotional products. This webinar is designed to provide the tools you need to be successful in selling bags while adding value for your customers.
Read More7-Eleven to Launch Innovative and Immersive New Deadpool 2 Promotion
According to 7-Eleven, locations will be decorated with messages and catchphrases in the tongue-in-cheek, even crude, voice of the hero himself. Stores will also carry exclusive Deadpool-branded items such as collectible Slurpee cups and straws, Monster energy drinks and Trolli candy…
Read MoreWhy You Should Feel Good About the Health Care Promotional Market
As one of our favorite films, 1987’s “The Princess Bride” contains a number of unforgettably humorous and pithy lines. Many utterances possess both descriptions, with our top combination being, “Get some rest. If you haven’t got your health, you haven’t got anything,” which Count Rugen suggests to Prince Humperdinck after the latter explains his lengthy…
Read MorePromotional T-shirt Cannons Get the ‘New Yorker’ Cartoon Treatment
We love T-shirt cannons. Whether it’s the Philly Phanatic launching T-shirts (or hot dogs) while riding an ATV across the baseball field or just arena staff hucking T-shirts into the expectant hands of the masses, they’re a really awesome way to give out promotional apparel. In a New Yorker cartoon, Benjamin Schwartz immortalized the appeal…
Read MoreWhy You Need to Be Selling Promotional Socks
Socks are no longer just the layer of clothing that comes between your feet and your crocs (no judgment). These days, socks are a fashion statement. Believe it or not, they’re taking the style world by storm, and we’re predicting that promotional socks are going to change the promotional game, too…
Read MoreTSC Apparel Acquires Thinc Actionwear
TSC Apparel, Cincinnati, announced that it has acquired Thinc Actionwear, the Portland, Oregon-based apparel supplier. The acquisition expands TSC’s reach in North America, creating a new presence for the apparel supplier in the Pacific Northwest…
Read MoreBiodegradable Microbeads That Clean Up Pollution Could Be On the Way
Microbeads have been common in lotion and other personal care items thanks to their exfoliating properties. However, because they aren’t biodegradable and cause pollution in the oceans and waterways, countries like the U.K. and Canada, along with the U.S., have moved to ban them. The current state of microbead bans. Green shows total…
Read MoreDelta Apparel Reports Q2 2018 Earnings Drop, But Digital Print Segment Thriving
Delta Apparel reported on Monday declines in net sales, gross profit and net income for the company’s fiscal second quarter. But its DTG2G0 digital print and fulfillment business achieved sales growth of nearly 60 percent over the prior year period, with 20 percent organic growth…
Read More2018 Style Guide: Hit Promotional Products’ Marcus Sweeney On Logomania, Athleisure, Decoration and More
Last week, we talked with Blue Generation’s Eric Rubin about where promotional apparel and uniforms were headed. This week, Marcus Sweeney, vice president of business development for Hit Promotional Products, Largo, Fla., sat down with us to discuss the trends shaping promotional apparel today…
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