Rain Gear

Is everyone feeling festive? Gearing up to announce those big New Year's Resolutions? We're celebrating the final Fave 5 of 2021 by bringing you a very spicy condiment dispenser, the Colonel's favorite fireplace accessory, a branded barrel of monkeys and more...

Storm Duds Raingear, Attleboro, Mass., announced the addition of multi-line representative Beata Miller of Jules Scheck Associates. Miller will represent Storm Duds Raingear and share the territory with Michael Bender to expand the company’s services to its growing partner distributors. Miller joins Storm Duds Raingear with more than a…

StrombergBrand Umbrellas, Valley Cottage, N.Y., has announced that industry veteran multi-line sales rep Pete Rosica is now representing the company in in D.C., Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia...

Storm Duds Raingear, Attleboro, Mass., announced the hiring of Michelle DeMayo as national account manager and Alan Rice as multi-line representative. DeMayo came to Storm Duds in August 2020 with 28 years of sales experience. She started working in the scholastic and collegiate jewelry industry before entering the promotional products industry several years ago as…

The pandemic is still going strong, which means people are going to start needing outerwear and jackets if they want to stay outdoors in the colder months. With that in mind, we caught up with three industry outerwear experts about what styles to look out for this year, what’s changed in the market and what to know about promotional outerwear and jackets...

StrombergBrand Umbrellas, Valley Cottage, N.Y., announced the addition of two veteran multi-sales groups to represent it in the Northeast and Midwest/Upper Midwest/Ohio Valley regions. Dave Mattson of DJM Sales Inc., who has been in the promotional products industry for more than 30 years, will cover Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New…

IKEA is best known for its modern furniture and home furnishings with names like "Mlalmgörn" and "Slüfstaflargen." But the retailer has also dabbled in branded merchandise and apparel, previously turning its iconic shopping bags into bucket hats and launching a limited streetwear line. Now, it's making more of an official foray into branded merchandise...

StrombergBrand announced that Richard Meth has joined the company as director of sales. Meth will lead StrombergBrand’s internal sales team, as well as multi-line sales representatives nationwide. Most recently, Meth spent 18 years as vice president of marketing and sales at Rainkist Umbrella Company...

Hexa Custom, Boulder, Colo., set forth into spring with the launch of its first fully-customizable premium rain jacket, delivering weather protection that’s comfortable and 100 percent on-brand. Hexa Custom debuted in late 2019, offering 100 percent customizable, premium down jackets built from the ground up with no minimums and a three-week delivery window. The fully…

In January of this year, Jennifer Stromberg was named vice president of the company—a third-generation family executive with 15 years of outside experience. A few months into her role, she’s working on strategic plans for company growth, evaluating the full scope of StrombergBrand’s business inside and out...