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Read MoreYour Accountant Suggests Illegal Activity. What Do You Do?
Question: My accountant is suggesting things that I know are not legal. What should I do? Answer: I would find a new accountant right away. You do not want to be tainted by the accountant’s lack of ethics and end up owing additional taxes, penalties or worse. There is a difference, however, between income tax…
Read MoreUniversity of Alabama Threatens Clay Travis Over T-shirt, Receives Trademark Law Lesson
The University of Alabama is threatening to sue former Fox Sports personality Clay Travis after his website, Outkick the Coverage, started selling a T-shirt referencing Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa. The shirt, which says “Aloha B*tches,” was also used by Travis to commemorate Hawaiian quarterback Marcus Mariota. Following Alabama’s (and Tagovailoa’s) appearance in the national title…
Read MoreTrump Blusters on NAFTA Termination, But Experts Say Renegotiation On Course
On Wednesday, amidst discussions regarding NAFTA, President Trump hinted that scrapping the deal altogether would create the “best deal,” according to Reuters. “We’re renegotiating…
Read MoreGrossman Marketing Group Acquires Logos In Print
Grossman Marketing Group, Somerville, Mass., a 108-year-old, fourth-generation, promotional products and print company, has acquired Logos in Print, a promotional products distributor headquartered in New York. The new acquisition is the fourth in the past four years, fueling Grossman’s full-service marketing operations and client base in the Northeast. The acquisition of Logos in Print comes…
Read MoreHow One Apparel Company Turns Micro-Moments Into T-shirt Gold
Aside from the New England Patriots’ 35-14 throttling of the Tennessee Titans, last weekend’s slate of National Football League (NFL) playoff matchups yielded amazing tilts, with the Jacksonville Jaguars, Minnesota Vikings and Philadelphia Eagles winning their games in thrilling fashions. Priding itself on preserving “the best moments in sports with fun, clever T-shirts,” BreakingT scored…
Read MoreAdidas Collaboration Showcases Potential of a Useful, Creative Promotion
Even though sneakers aren’t big in the promotional apparel industry, the important thing here is the lesson this Adidas collaboration holds for the promotional products industry: that products can both look good and do something useful…
Read MoreA Lesson in Logo Design From Starbucks’ Iconic Siren
The designers’ first move was to break the Siren out of the bonds of the circle that had enclosed her image ever since the company’s beginning in 1971. Once she was free, they went with symmetry in an attempt to adhere to the well-documented association between human notions of beauty and perfectly symmetrical features. While the design looked good, something wasn’t quite right about it…
Read MoreVistaprint Sends Same-Sex Couple Hateful Pamphlets Instead of Wedding Programs
A Pittsburgh area same-sex couple was expecting to receive the wedding programs for their upcoming wedding from Vistaprint. What was supposed to say “Celebration” and “Welcome to Andrew and Stephen’s wedding” instead were pamphlets that said “The supreme tempter is Satan, who uses our weakness to lead us into sin.” Naturally, they were not happy.…
Read MoreDARD Products Announces Passing of Chairman of the Board Cary J. Shevin
DARD Products, Evanston, Ill., announced the passing of its chairman of the board. The company will be closed on Jan. 19, reopening on Jan. 22. The company released the following statement: Cary J. Shevin, the chairman of the board at DARD Products, passed away on Jan. 16 at the age of 81. He is survived…
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