Focus on Fundraising: Taking Nonprofit Promotions to the Next Level

Nonprofit organizations consistently rank as one of the top purchasers of promotional products. From fundraisers to donor gifts, there’s no shortage of potential selling opportunities. If you’re looking to grow your philanthropic promotional business, it’s important to know what the client is looking for, what products consistently perform well and what new ideas are growing…

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Do You Recognize Anyone On Print+Promo’s Under 40 List? (We Sure Do)

Promo Marketing’s sister publication, Print+Promo, released its Under 40 list, which celebrates workers in the print and promotional industries making waves before their 40th birthdays. Among the print and promo professionals, there are a few names that likely will stand out to distributors working in the promo side of things, like Miles Wadsworth from Logo…

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Meet Defunkd—the Website Selling Real Vintage T-shirts (for Up to $13,000)

Defunkd sells all sorts of T-shirts at prices ranging from several dollars to several thousand dollars, with the cheaper shirts mostly comprised of low-level brand and event T-shirts that look like common thrift store finds. On the higher end, T-shirts sell with names like Metallica, Sonic Youth, Faces and Grateful Dead emblazoned across their worn fabric. There’s even a glow-in-the-dark Star Wars Return of the Jedi T-shirt on sale for $5,000…

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UK Designer Makes Drinkware, Footwear From Used Chewing Gum

What do you do when you’re finished with your chewing gum? Hopefully, you don’t just spit it out on the street or stick it under a table like an animal. Ideally, you’d find a proper receptacle for it. Until recently, the immediate choice would be a trash can, but thanks to a U.K. designer, there…

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Superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo Asks Milwaukee Bucks to Stop Selling T-shirt Because He Is An Extremely Nice Guy

Among the four major professional sports, the National Basketball Association definitely registers as the flashiest league, as some of the world’s greatest showmen engage in pulse-pounding action for their riveted fan bases. Clutch shots, awe-inspiring passes, huge blocks and monstrous dunks have made many teams consistently admirable draws, with the last element of that quartet…

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Skechers Is Launching a Wholesale Apparel Brand

Skechers is one of the most ubiquitous shoe companies in the U.S., with styles popular among children and adults. With $4 billion in net sales last year, it’s the second-best-selling sneaker brand in the country, according to Apparel News. And now the company is expanding its offerings by launching Skechers Apparel, a new wholesale apparel…

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HUB Multi-Line Rep Matt Carter Named GAPPP MLR of the Year

HUB Promotional Group multi-line reprepresentative (MLR) Matt Carter with Flanagan & Associates was named MLR of the Year by the Georgia Association of Promotional Products Professionals (GAPPP). The award was given at the GAPPP Expo at the Cobb Galleria in Atlanta last month. This is the second time Carter…

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