Apparel

A promo distributor was the victim of a scammer who ordered hundreds of T-shirts totaling more than $3,000, only to issue and receive a chargeback once the T-shirts were in their possession. In an email to Promo Marketing, Theda Furlonge, owner of TAF Promotions in Colorado Springs, described the scam...

The Trump Administration officially announced action against Chinese imports of certain apparel, technology and hair products, citing human rights abuses in China’s Xinjiang region. As we reported previously when this was speculation, the measure will allow U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents to detain and “partially destroy” products produced by flagged companies. The announcement differs slightly…

If you happened to have purchased Patagonia’s Road to Regenerative Stand Up Shorts, you might have noticed a tiny little message on a tag. Or, maybe you didn't notice it. To tie in with the shorts’ purpose of rehabilitating farmland through a partnership with organic farmers, Patagonia slipped a little message in on the tag...

Fall means chili weather. And boy does chili rule. We could spend a few thousand words debating the merits of different chili recipes and ingredients, but this isn’t a food magazine. We're still devoted to all things promotional products, so it’s our sworn duty to bring you good promos. Here are five that stood out to us this week...

The California Avocado Commission is trying to boost local produce pride by introducing a full line of California Avocados merchandise, such as apparel, bags, stickers, magnets and more. Competing with Avocados From Mexico in the marketing race is tough, but this is a good start...

For the first installment of Decoration Diaries, Qais Arabo tells us how his company completed a complex jacket project for a luxury department store with its in-house screen printing and sewing capabilities, and in the process overcame a few challenges including dye migration and hand sewing...

Franzia, the biggest name in boxed wine, came out with a line of branded merchandise that includes a backpack that doubles as a wine dispenser. (Where was this when we were in college?!) The backpack is part of a full merchandise launch from the company...

Did everyone enjoy their Labor Day Weekend? Ate some hot dogs and burgers? Spent some time outside? Got rid of all your white clothing? We sure did! (Except for the white clothing part. We’re keeping that.) It sort of sneaked up on us that it’s already Wednesday, but that hasn’t stopped us from finding some killer promotional products available right now...

Foggy glasses while wearing a mask is a problem a Birmingham, Ala., company wanted to put a stop to, so its founders invented a new type of facial covering called SLEEVZ. Basically, it’s just a regular face covering like you’ve seen before, only it uses magnets to prevent eyeglass fog...

In July, Oprah Magazine called tie-dye “the unofficial uniform of the pandemic.” What’s sparking the tie-dye rebirth to this extent? Well, one thing might be that making tie-dye shirts is a fun way to spend a day. Everyone’s been looking for new hobbies during quarantine, and we can only make so much bread...