Health & Wellness

From a marketing standpoint, COVID vaccination stickers might be the most share-worthy items in the world right now, as everyone is eager to post their newly-immunized status. It’s been fun to look at the variety of stickers posted online from all over the world, so we thought we'd run down some of our favorites...

The Department of Health and Human Services launched the “Mask Innovation Challenge,” complete with $500,000 in cash prizes, looking for a new face mask design that can be mass produced and low-cost-per use for the general public.

An independent laboratory tested 260 hand sanitizer products from manufacturers given interim FDA approval and found that 44 contained benzene, which the CDC says can cause blood cancers like leukemia. Of the 44, none were from suppliers associated with the promo industry, but two were Star Wars branded sanitizers sold at retail by Disney...

Pro Towels offered a free COVID-19 vaccination clinic for all of its employees on-site on March 23 at its Abbeville, S.C., facility, in hopes to help further protect them during the pandemic. Pro Towels partnered with its local hospital, Abbeville Area Medical Center, to get employees vaccinated on-site, so they would not have to leave…

Finding solutions that incorporate both print and promo takes creativity, but when done well can yield big wins for your customers and your own bottom line. Marty Bear, president of PMSI Promos, remembers one instance where a mixture of print and promo served as an effective self-promo...

Almost a year after the initial shutdowns in the U.S., popular tourist destination cities are using branded safety efforts to attract visitors and ensure that they feel comfortable, helping bring back much-needed tourism dollars to businesses like hotels and restaurants. One example is Houston Clean, which initially launched in August...

This year's NCAA Tournament is taking place in one city—Indianapolis. And, to help student-athletes adapt to life inside the bubble, the tournament is giving out a pretty impressive branded gift set, including toiletries, bedding, games and more...

Green is the answer, and it’s helping companies not only ecologically, but also economically. We have worked and fought hard to implement green initiatives. Small considerations such as these are incredibly impactful, especially when they touch people outside of the workplace, allowing them to spread it to others...

Online platforms like Facebook, Google and Amazon have made it nearly impossible (or actually impossible) to sell or advertise face masks, creating problems for suppliers, distributors and even some end-buyers. Two distributors shared their experiences and how they've worked around the advertising bans...

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...