People Bought $1.4M in Counterfeit Super Bowl Merchandise, Tickets

The 67,612 people who packed into Minnesota’s U.S. Bank Stadium for Super Bowl LII will not soon forget the thrilling experience, especially attendees who hold allegiance to the Philadelphia Eagles, whose 41-33 upset win over the New England Patriots brought the city its first Lombardi Trophy. Because of counterfeiters, though, 154 folks will remember the…

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The Best And Worst Gear From The 2018 Winter Olympics

That’s right folks, it’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for. It’s time for the definitive, indisputable, completely not in any way biased (or the work of one week-weary editor on a rainy Sunday morning) roundup of the best and worst Olympic merchandise. Enough stalling. Let’s begin…

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Snapchat Proved It Can Work for E-Commerce—Here’s Why That Matters

While this is a retail-heavy promotion, there could be some interesting opportunities for promotional marketing in the realm of ecommerce as well. Imagine a user-friendly app that could allow end-users to pick out whatever promotional products they need for an event or marketing campaign. The app could link directly to a distributor, and even to the manufacturer…

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Chocolate Chocolate Hires Chris Dollar Marketing Group

Chocolate Chocolate, Blaine, Wash., announced the recent hire of Chris Dollar and team at Chris Dollar Marketing Group LLC (CDMG) as its new multi-line agency in New Mexico, Colorado, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas. CDMG will help them in continuing to provide customers with quality custom molded chocolate throughout these territories. Dollar and his team…

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Branded Merch Shop at Center of Ugly NCAA Legal Battle

The NCAA, armed with testimony from Mississippi State players Leo Lewis and Kobe Jones, accused Rebel Rags of supplying the players with $2,800 worth of free merchandise. It seems that before Lewis and Jones committed to play at Mississippi State, the two went on a recruiting trip to Ole Miss, where the alleged rule violation took place…

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