Promo Products
September 13, 2019 at 1:35 pm
Staples Inc. announced that it has named Matt Eckhouse head of Staples Promotional Products and Print as vice president and general manager. Eckhouse takes over for Rich Witaszak, who is no longer with the company. Staples also announced 175 more layoffs from its Framingham headquarters...
September 12, 2019 at 1:57 pm
A California politician is receiving criticism for using his office's funds to advertise his state senate campaign. Santa Clara County Supervisor Dave Cortese has been sponsoring events in neighboring districts and handing out items like tote bags and hanging banners urging Californians to vote for him in the…
September 12, 2019 at 1:11 pm
None of us here at Promo Marketing like to receive the lowercase version of spam, but if the uppercase variety were the offering, many of us would be in hog heaven. Continuing the food business trend of releasing branded merchandise, Spam is delighting fans of canned cooked pork through a line that includes close to 300 (!!!) products, including a Halloween costume that could end any debates on what people want to be come October 31...
September 12, 2019 at 11:33 am
Fully Promoted, West Palm Beach, Fla., reported that the launch of its new office locations this year was a success. Since its unveiling, nearly a dozen new Fully Promoted office locations have opened in the U.S. and Canada. By year’s end, the brand will open another 20. The office location combines the best of both…
September 11, 2019 at 2:02 pm
Barneys New York, a store synonymous with fancy stuff and excess, is doing its best to silence the haters who would dare believe the #fakenews that it's in financial trouble and possibly heading for closure. It would be a lot easier to believe Barneys' story if the company hadn't filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in…
September 11, 2019 at 11:46 am
Wallace Carlson Printing, a Minnetonka, Minnesota-based commercial printer, has announced its acquisition of select assets from Owatonna-based J-C Press. The acquisition expands the company’s services to a diverse range of commercial printing capabilities and customer base that include wide-format and signage. Wallace Carlson will continue to serve the J-C Press client base and maintain a…
September 10, 2019 at 11:14 am
EMT just wanted to drive some traffic to its trade show booth. The supplier, based in Indianapolis, was looking to highlight its product line and get people talking—with any luck, maybe generate a little buzz on social media. It had no idea it was about to start a movement. But that’s exactly what PROMO AF…
September 10, 2019 at 10:49 am
Skateboarders are particular. They won't ride just anything. And nowadays there are so many things to take into account when you're buying a board—width, concave, nose size versus tail size, what kind of pizza is in the middle, wheelbase, length, etc. Wait. Hang on. Did we just say "what kind of pizza is in the…
September 9, 2019 at 2:23 pm
There are many forces that want to hit Alabama this year, but they will do so as college football teams eager to defeat the Crimson Tide and not as extreme weather occurrences. Before it swung north, President Donald Trump thought that Hurricane Dorian would devastate the Heart of Dixie, electing to emphasize his point by…
September 9, 2019 at 1:12 pm
A fourth grade student in Florida created a hand-drawn University of Tennessee T-shirt for a school spirit day. After he was bullied over the shirt, the university sent him a care package full of swag, and turned turned the design into an official T-shirt for a good cause. It was so popular that it crashed the Vols Store website...
