Carolina Panthers Would-be Super Bowl Merchandise

Yesterday, we reported on all of the counterfeit merchandise that authorities have seized before the Super Bowl. Now, we have all of the authentic Carolina Panthers merchandise that would have hit shelves had Cam Newton and the team topped the Denver Broncos. According to SportsLogos.net, some of the proposed Panthers merchandise used the phrase “Keep Pounding,”…

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A Very Powerful Question

As I returned my Alamo rental car in Newark, N.J., recently, an employee asked if I had any issues with the car and how my trip was. I said, “Fine,” and was prepared to get my receipt and walk to the terminal. Instead, I was legitimately surprised by a simple question: “Could we have done…

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IMAGEN Brands Hires Dana Zezzo as Vice President of Sales

IMAGEN Brands, parent company of Crown Products, Mobile, Ala., and Vitronic, Mason, Ohio, announced it has hired Dana Zezzo as vice president of sales. Zezzo was most recently senior vice president of sales and marketing at Jetline, Gaffney, S.C., and also has worked for Pittsburgh-based Pro Towels, Erie, Pennsylvania-based CPS/Keystone and Trevose, Pennsylvania-based alphabroder. “Dana is…

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Feds Seize $39M in Fake Super Bowl Gear

Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos (specifically Von Miller) won Super Bowl 50 over the momentum-fueled Carolina Panthers. This was Manning’s record-breaking 200th career win, so with all of these round numbers here, we can practically see the “Peyton Manning: 200 career wins, Super Bowl 50 champion,” merchandise now…

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Beyoncé Launches ‘Formation’ Merchandise Line

A lot of people say that Beyoncé is the best in the business. Today, we can say that the business we’re referring to is marketing. After dropping a surprise new song before her Super Bowl 50 halftime show performance, Beyoncé also debuted a new line of apparel and accessories relating to her new song, “Formation,”…

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ERB Safety/Fame Fabrics Adds Inside Sales Representative

ERB Safety/Fame Fabrics, Woodstock, Ga., announced the addition of Westin Moe as inside sales representative. Moe will cultivate and grow new business relationships with targeted promotional products distributors across the country. Moe brings more than six years of professional sales experience working…

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CustomInk Acquires Commerce Startup Represent

CustomInk, Fairfax, Va., has acquired Represent, a Los Angeles-based online merchandise company. According to TechCrunch, CustomInk acquired Represent for close to $100 million in a cash and stock deal. Represent, founded in 2014, allows users to create and sell apparel and accessories similarly to how CustomInk does. What sets Represent apart is that it works…

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