Promo Products

BIC Graphic Wins 2016 American Inhouse Design Award
June 24, 2016 at 6:03 pm

BIC Graphic, Clearwater, Fla., recently won an American Inhouse Design Award from Graphic Design USA, New York City, in the point-of-purchase, displays and signs category for the Love My BIC campaign conducted at the PPAI Expo in Las Vegas in January. The BIC Graphic entry consisted of the large-format graphics, trade show display, sample display, and…

Last Chance to Vote! PM Video Battle: Bizee Body Promotions Versus Maple Ridge Farms
June 24, 2016 at 5:26 pm

Promo Marketing’s Video Battle pits two industry videos against each other for the chance at the ultimate bragging right: Being declared our readership’s absolute favorite. (Next up: Happy Quebec National Day to all of nos amis up North! Célébrer!) Last week, Bizee Body Promotions won, and now will face off against Maple Ridge Farms. The winner will…

Barnes & Noble Education Acquires Promoversity
June 24, 2016 at 2:14 pm

Barnes & Noble Education, Basking Ridge, N.J., announced yesterday that it has completed the acquisition of the assets of Promoversity, a Crystal Lake, Illinois-based custom merchandise supplier and e-commerce business that works with the collegiate bookstore business and its customers. This acquisition allows Barnes & Noble College, a division of Barnes & Noble Education, to…

How to Maximize Success with Retail Customers
June 23, 2016 at 6:50 pm

You went to the grocery store with a list of exactly what you needed and you stuck to it. That is until you got to the checkout line and the cardboard display for the chocolate bars beckoned you like a moth to a…

AIA Corporation CEO Announces Retirement
June 23, 2016 at 3:34 pm

AIA Corporation, Neenah, Wis., announced yesterday that the company's president and CEO, David Woods, has decided to retire as an officer and director. The company has launched a search process to identify a successor, but Woods has agreed to remain in his positions until the company identifies his successor—a process the company expects will take…

Trump Campaign Focuses on Promotional Products Over Televised Ads
June 22, 2016 at 3:46 pm

It looks like presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has turned his focus toward promotional products rather than broadcasted ad spots when it comes to his campaign. According to a report from the Federal Election Commission (FEC),…

Will Apple's Latest iPhone 7 Redesign Affect Promotional Products?
June 22, 2016 at 2:14 pm

If you're a distributor or supplier of promotional earbuds and headphones, you're going to want to take note of Apple's latest iPhone 7 news. According to a report from The Wall Street Journal, Apple plans to remove the headphone plug to make the iPhone 7 thinner and improve…

How Important Is the Bag?
June 21, 2016 at 6:20 pm

I walk to work every day with all of my stuff in a backpack. On this walk to work, I pass other working professionals with leather messenger bags and nice briefcases. The majority of backpack-users I see are heading to the school up the street. Every morning, I think, "Man, maybe it's time I actually…