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Roswell is not without its share of history and pride, with notable figures such as John Denver, Sam Donaldson, Demi Moore and Roger Staubach all having ties to the town. The masses, however, will forever know Roswell, the fifth-largest city in New Mexico, as the site of 1947’s supposed UFO crash, though the actual destination…

To justify taking the easy way out and not having the harder, more educational conversations with their customers, both suppliers and distributors tell themselves all kinds of lies: “My customers aren’t asking for it,” “My competitors aren’t doing it,” “It’s too expensive” and “No one has been caught.” What they may not realize is that these lies are costing them business...

Members of Canada's Parliament ordered a breakdown of the Canadian government's promo spending between January 2017 and February 2019, and found that it had purchased items like rubber ducks, pens and lanyards totaling about $6.7 million (about $4.5 million USD) over that span. According to iPolitics (which has detailed Canada's federal promo spending in the…

A Tennessee high school is in some hot water after T-shirts promoting a former faculty member-turned state representative were placed on a table in the school. Rep. David Byrd had been the basketball coach at Wayne County High School in Waynesboro, Tenn., and has been accused by three of his former students of sexual misconduct…

More than a year into a contentious trade war with China, uncertainty remains the only sure thing. With significant tariff increases looming that include most promotional products imported from China, here’s where the promo industry stands while we wait for answers—and how some promo businesses are dealing with the situation...

Since cannabis has become legal in places like Colorado, California and all across Canada, the ongoing debate has been over marketing and advertising. Some cannabis companies have argued that they should be able to advertise their products freely, whether those ads make their way to minors or not, just like alcohol advertisements are ubiquitous across…

The Milwaukee Bucks have been trending upward since the 2016-17 season, with this recent campaign resulting in their snaring the NBA’s top record at 60-22. As they prepare to host Game One of the Eastern Conference Finals tomorrow, the Wisconsin franchise, already well known to Promo Marketing readers for their promotional feats and the modesty…

Days after the U.S. raised existing tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goods from 10 percent to 25 percent, President Trump announced that an additional $300 billion in imports from China would soon be subject to 25 percent tariffs. That $500 billion total would represent virtually all of the goods the U.S. imports from China, and includes just about every Chinese-made promotional product imaginable...

President Trump today followed through on his threat, issued earlier this week, that the U.S. would increase U.S. tariffs to 25 percent on $200 billion worth of Chinese imports. In response, China expressed its "deep regret over the development," and threatened to retaliate. This type of back-and-forth has been the M.O. of the trade war.…

Two weeks ago, we chronicled how Guns N’ Roses is hoping to give moms across the land a rocking Mother’s Day through holiday-specific merchandise. The Hall of Fame band, though, also has a mean streak, and it is looking to put its “appetite for destruction” to good use due to a brewery whose Guns ‘N’…