Those Han Solo Movie Solo Cups Are Finally Here and We’re a Little Disappointed

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…

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BIC 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.

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Why 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…

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Promotional 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…

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Why 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…

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TSC 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…

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Biodegradable 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…

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