Promo Apparel

We're back from PRINTING United Expo in Las Vegas! During the show, we spoke to a few promotional products suppliers about their experience from the massive show floor and what you can look forward to next year.

PRINTING United Expo, the largest event in printing and graphic arts in 2022 —representing all facets of the industry — opened its doors last week to gather attendees and exhibitors from around the world for the first time under one roof since 2019. Held Oct. 19-21 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, the global event…

Chris Bernat, owner of Printmannschaft LLC, has served as chair of the PRINTING United Alliance…

The hottest, most fashionable accessory right now might be a bag of Lay's potato chips. If you don't want grease all over your fingers, though, you're in luck. This isn't really a bag of Lay's chips. It's a Balenciaga bag meant to look like a bag of Lay's chips. The bag debuted as part of…

Apparel, hard goods and print products might all seem separate, but they’ve never been more related than they are right now. For starters, they’re all under the larger print ecosystem of items that can be personalized and decorated. But, since the onset of the…

Apparel can be more than just a good freebie. It can an experience thanks to print-on-demand. Jenna Sackett, Brand Activation Manager for STAHLS, took the stage at Future State to discuss how apparel decorators should look into print-on-demand if they haven’t already and, if they have, how they can maximize profitability and customer retention, and…

The Premier League Fan Fest event in Philadelphia was full of great promotional products. There were free T-shirts, commemorative soccer balls, scarves, buttons and gigantic banners covering City Hall.

The Arizona Coyotes just appointed fashion designer Rhuigi Villaseñor as its creative strategist. What this means is a greater focus on branding and quality merchandise. That idea has been used at other businesses like fast food lately, and this move shows that it's the future of promo branding.

Seasonal changes represent a big opportunity for distributors when it comes to branded merchandise. As the summer months wrap up and we say goodbye to warm weather, businesses and organizations are preparing their cool-weather campaigns. That means instead of umbrellas and coolers, they’re looking for scarves and fuzzy blankets. When it comes to branded apparel,…

The University of Florida is celebrating another Gainesville icon—Tom Petty—through a collaborative merchandise capsule benefitting two nonprofits. The Tom Petty x Florida collection just debuted on the Tom Petty store, as well as at the University of Florida bookstore and online. There will also be a pop-up store on site when the Gators face off…