Promo Apparel

5B’s Embroidery & Screen Print Shifts to PPE Production, Protects Employees
May 12, 2020 at 9:50 am

With growing concerns due to the COVID-19 outbreak in Ohio, 5B’s Embroidery & Screen Print, Zanesville, Ohio, has shifted its focus to joining the fight. 5B’s started making masks for the local hospital and then selling face coverings on its online retail store, all while adhering to the CDC’s social distancing guidelines. Beginning in late…

Our Fave 5 Promotional Products of the Week: Pet Rescue, Canceled Concert Tees and More
May 6, 2020 at 12:47 pm

Happy May, everyone! The weather is starting to warm up a little bit, the sun is out longer, and there’s baseball on TV (albeit broadcast at 3 a.m. from Korea). It sure feels a lot like spring! To celebrate, we’ve been spending a lot of time inside looking for fun promotional products and branded merchandise all over the internet. Join us, won’t you?...

Breeders’ Cup T-Shirt Design Contest Racing to Help Workers, Stakeholders Affected by COVID-19
May 6, 2020 at 12:21 pm

The overseers of the Breeders’ Cup have become another entrant in the race for COVID-19 relief by crafting a T-shirt design contest that will direct proceeds to “backstretch communities and other industry stakeholders” whose livelihoods have taken a hit. Through May 31, people all across the country have their chance to thank that population by participating...

How COVID-19 Is Impacting Music Merchandise Businesses
May 1, 2020 at 4:26 pm

More than a month-and-a-half since the cancellation of South by Southwest, individuals in the music merchandise space have further seen their livelihoods jeopardized because of canceled or postponed tours. That has forced many to rely upon online merch sales to offset lost sales, though that alone may not be enough...

Gildan Might Make Its Face Mask Production Permanent
May 1, 2020 at 2:37 pm

After adding production of face masks and gowns for health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, Gildan Activewear said that it’s considering making this facet of its business permanent, even after the stay-at-home orders relax and things regain relative normalcy...

San Francisco Bag Supplier Timbuk2 Turns Sports Team Tees Into Face Masks
April 30, 2020 at 11:22 am

Timbuk2, the San Francisco-based maker of bags and backpacks, is using T-shirts donated from local sports teams to create face masks for Bay Area organizations. The company teamed up with NBC Sports Bay Area, which helped set up T-shirt donations from the 49ers, Sharks, Warriors, Giants, Earthquakes and Kings...

In Absence of Live Sports, E-Sports (and E-Sports Merchandise) Is Thriving
April 28, 2020 at 11:41 am

Live sports remain on an indefinite hiatus, and there’s no real definitive light at the end of the tunnel quite yet. One competition has thrived under the COVID-19 lockdown, though: e-sports. Since this is basically the extent of team sports right now, experts believe that the demand for e-sports merchandise, like apparel, is growing...