The White House announced today that it will send 25 million asks to more than 1,300 health care centers and 60,000 food pantries in the U.S. in an effort to stop the spread of COVID-19 among vulnerable communities. This would be in place of a plan to send face masks to every U.S. household, at least for now...
Brendan Menapace
If you were big into Vine in 2014, you might remember the little kid who proudly declared that “Chipotle is my life.” Chipotle has not only dug up the memory of social media platforms past, but also reconnected with the boy, Roy Murray, for some branded apparel and a coordinating TikTok campaign...
Little Caesars has a pretty impressive stock of Pretzel Crust Pizza promos for excited fans, but you’re going to have to do a little detective work if you want a piece. The Little Caesars social media accounts started teasing ways for fans to find codes, which they can redeem for prizes like a pizza clock,…
After sending a few care packages to their aunt, sisters Brandi Allen and Ashley Rollins started thinking about what new products they could include. From there, Silver Swag Box was born, creating a way for other people feeling distanced from their loved ones to show they care...
Shortly after Burger King announced its full rebrand, including employee uniforms and packaging for all of its menu items, McDonald’s had its own redesign news to share, debuting a whole new look for its packaging. Will it update its employee uniforms, too?...
After a period finalizing the last details, ASTM International has released its final face mask standards for consumer masks. The Standard Specification for Barrier Face Coverings, a first of its kind, creates criteria regarding construction, fit, manufacturing and use for non-medical masks...
Tomorrow at noon, McDonald's customers can visit CHKNDrop.com for a “limited-edition capsule.” The release includes early access to the Crispy Chicken Sandwich, a “never-before-heard audio track” on 7” vinyl created by Tay Keith, and a limited-edition hoodie...
Nearly a year after first making face masks and PPE products for health care workers, Hanesbrands announced that it will exit the PPE business, focusing instead on its Champion brand and expanding its e-commerce offering. Hanesbrands said it no longer sees PPE as a long-term growth opportunity...
VF Corporation, parent company of major apparel and accessory brands like JanSport, Timberland, North Face and Supreme, announced a new initiative to eliminate all single-use packaging, including polybags, by 2025. The plan extends to VF Corporation's offices and sponsored events...
Serai, a digital B2B platform from HSBC, allows apparel suppliers to put in supply chain details for each step of the manufacturing and distribution process, so companies that buy the products can see how and where they were made, from raw materials to the finished product...
If you use Tinder as a dating app, you want to protect your phone, right? If your phone cracks or breaks, it’d be hard to find love. Tinder is looking to solve that problem with its own proprietary mobile accessories (and other items), based on a U.S. Patent and Trademark Office application for “Tinder Made” products that was accepted on Jan. 20...
Did you catch the Oatly commercial during the Super Bowl where the company’s CEO sang a jingle about how it’s “like milk, but made for humans,” while playing a keyboard in the middle of a field? Did you hate it? Did you hate it enough to wear a T-shirt telling everybody how much you hated it? Oatly won’t be offended. In fact, it was kind of banking on that happening...
The CDC has officially updated its mask usage recommendations to include layering, something that public health experts such as Dr. Anthony Fauci, as well as government officials, have previously suggested. Certain mask combinations, however, should not be used...
After 25 years, the Pokemon card craze is still going strong. That anniversary is actually causing pandemonium at McDonald's restaurants all over the U.S., with adults swooping in and buying as many Happy Meals as they can to get their hands on limited edition promo cards...
Major League Baseball teams did everything they could to keep promo giveaways in place for fans last year, but there’s still an enormous stockpile of unused bobbleheads and other promos waiting for their time to shine/bobble. Right now, about four million of them are in a BDA Inc. warehouse...
