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In an ideal world, we'd have promotional fireworks that explode in a dazzling display of a client's brand name and logo. Until then, we’ll have to just celebrate the many existing promotional products that are awesome and worthy of our admiration every day. Check out this week’s edition of the Fave 5!...

A Baltimore apparel company is giving everyone a little bit of fun and positivity, as well as a reusable bottle, through a new line of apparel. Mess in a Bottle was started by Kalilah Wright in 2016, shortly after the Freddie Gray riots in Baltimore. Wright, who used to work at Under Armour, wanted to use apparel as a way to spread a positive message...

Morning Brew, using data from SimilarWeb, looked at web traffic for e-commerce sites over the month of May, assembling a list of the top 25 by percentage traffic increase. Two of those sites happened to be branded merchandise stores for a pair of well-known brands: Guns N' Roses and UFC...

Businesses from coffee shops to bars to high-end restaurants may need to adjust their operating models as the country begins to reopen. With sanitary concerns and an increased demand for to-go orders, there is a critical role distributors can play as food and drink companies navigate the new normal...

Orders of Starbucks merch on some reseller sites have increased by more than 100 since most states and cities went on lockdown in March. But with no online store of its own and a lot of customers still without the option of going into physical locations, Starbucks is missing out on a huge amount of potential revenue from merchandise sales...

We have not caved to the power of Microsoft Solitaire yet while stuck at home, but many have, with 100 million hands played daily around the globe, according to Microsoft. In honor of the game’s 30th anniversary, the company is releasing branded merch that, while minimal, is a nice celebratory use of promotional products...

Like Dr. Anthony Fauci, who serves as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has become a merchandise sensation for his role in America's coronavirus response, with Etsy being a hub for items touting his efforts...

National Nurses is a chance to show appreciation for everything nurses do on a daily basis, and it's especially important now as nurses battle the COVID-19 pandemic. While one week isn't enough to show our thanks, here are seven promotional products ideas to suggest to clients for National Nurses week, or just for any sort of health worker appreciation program...

We know business will be different, but how? Will client budgets be right-sized and constricted? What will events look like? To what extent will the virtual world remain? What about hiring practices when business begins to operate again? Will businesses be eager to invest and spend money? Here are a few predictions and ruminations as we all dig out and back in...

Is today Wednesday? Honestly, it’s hard to keep the days straight sometimes. Since the calendar has reminded us that it is indeed Wednesday, it’s time for our weekly dose of promotional products fun. This week’s edition of the Fave Five includes face masks, parody T-shirts and more...