Nike reportedly pulled all of its Redskins merchandise this past week, issuing another blow to the team by depriving it of a major licensed merchandise stream. Nike has a contract with the NFL as its official uniform and sideline apparel merchandiser through 2028, but it has joined the growing call for the team to change its name...
Brendan Menapace
The world needs to keep spinning, and college kids are still expected to get the necessary work experience internships provide, even if they don’t show up in an office. So, to make them feel welcome and keep things as close to normal as possible, big-name companies are giving their interns some pretty cool welcome gifts and gift bags...
Pantone partnered with apparel brand Fuzzed Up Bear for a project called the Human Being Initiative, created to raise funds for the Black Lives Matter movement, the ACLU and Campaign Zero. The line includes a T-shirt, onesie and face mask, each with a design featuring the Pantone color square, but over a person’s arm with the shade’s name listed as “Human Being"...
For this year’s “Brandcast Delivered” virtual event, the YouTube team leaned into the “delivered” theme by delivering promo boxes for viewers to enjoy the broadcast from home. The personalized packages consisted of three separate sub-boxes labeled "Take," "Make" and "Bake," with ingredients for DIY pizzas and various promotional gifts...
Los Angeles Apparel, the company founded by former American Apparel leader Dov Charney and one of the first and most notable brands to use its manufacturing capabilities to make face masks during the pandemic, has shut down after more than 100 workers in its facilities tested positive for COVID-19...
Forget your mask? One guy thinks he’s invented a product that quickly solves that problem. Using a 3-D printer, Kurt Schramm designed a plastic device that people can attach to their T-shirts, using the fabric to create a face covering that’s much more elegant than just pulling your face into your shirt like a turtle...
While we’re gearing up to celebrate one of our favorite holidays (what’s not to love about a day dedicated to grilling food and lighting fireworks?), we’re also celebrating a good batch of promotional products we’ve seen around lately. This week’s Fave 5 includes Phillies shirts, co-branded sneakers and more...
Stereogum, a popular music site that started in the early 2000s, has been working hard to stay afloat by launching a crowdfunding campaign. Part of it is an album of covers of ‘00s music from artists like The National, Death Cab for Cutie and Mac DeMarco. But, aside from the album, Stereogum is relying on past promotional merchandise to sweeten the deal...
Twitter and TikTok users are claiming they've tied up millions of dollars of Donald Trump campaign merchandise in shopping carts with no intent to purchase the items. Their hope is that it cripples the Trump Campaign store, but it might not have worked out as planned...
While the best course of action is still to stay home, some outdoor activities are OK as long as you plan accordingly and follow safety measures. Thanks to a clever bit of engineering from Dos Equis, you can put the “social” in “social distancing” with a 6-foot long branded cooler...
For companies that grew revenue in 2019, the plan entering 2020 was to keep that momentum rolling. For many businesses, those goalposts have likely moved, with sales slow in most product categories outside of PPE. But it doesn’t mean that businesses can't learn some valuable lessons and prepare for future growth...
The Sourcing Group announced that it has purchased certain assets from A Brand Company in a foreclosure sale. The purchase included assets of A Brand Company Inc., BrandAlliance LLC, Global Direct of NC LLC and Branded Business Support LLC. As part of the agreement, some BrandAlliance salespeople will join TSG...
If you buy Busch Light's 520 piece puzzle, which culminates in a picture of the “Busch Guy” in a lovely outdoor locale, you could win a $5,000 vacation “to the Great Outdoors.” Even if you don’t win, $5 from every puzzle purchase goes to the National Forests foundation. But there's a (fun) catch!...
Last week, we reported that a team of scientists at a university in Israel created a mask that uses a USB phone charger to clean itself with heat. That hasn’t hit the market just yet, but apparel brand (multee)project is already shipping out a new face mask that is made from self-cleaning material...
Fans of “The Office” are devoted. It’s constantly one of the top-trending shows on Netflix, despite being off the air for about seven years at this point. Netflix even gave fans a huge heads-up that it would eventually remove the show from its streaming platform in favor of “Seinfeld.” For fans who aren’t ready to…
