Slippers and Socks

Sock 101 took home the top award in Footwear & Socks, giving the Missouri-based supplier back-to-back Golds in the category. The company has had a strong 2021, recently getting back to its pre-pandemic employment numbers and expanding its product line to include 20 styles of shoes and new apparel items...

Team USA athletes showed off the gift set waiting for them in Tokyo from sponsors like Samsung, Nike, Ralph Lauren, Oakley and more.

Sock101, Lee’s Summit, Mo., announced the addition of Terrin Conway as the company’s newest traveling sales representative. Conway also runs her own small business called C., which focuses on sustainable and slow fashion from new and established designers all over the world...

Sock Club, Austin, Texas announced the hiring of Wicksie Tu as B2B project manager. Tu brings with her seven years of work in the experiential and event marketing industry into the supplier and distributor world. As B2B project manager, Tu will focus on creating innovative marketing solutions...

Hippy Feet, which specializes in socks but offers a variety of apparel, has created more than 1,900 hours of paid employment through a program that has generated short-term income opportunities for more than 130 homeless teens and young adults aged 16 to 24...

After we all got done telling them Cactus Jack sent us for the Travis Scott meal (and subsequent insane merchandise drop), McDonald’s teamed up with J Balvin for another branded meal and merchandise tie-in. And it’s not like this was an item or two. There’s an entire merchandise shop that includes, like, a zillion items...

Kellogg's is making sure that you keep those feet fresh every day of the week with a special line of branded socks that corresponds with Special K flavors and a weekly planner. All of these items come in the “Blursday Go-Away Kit,” which “aims to help people avoid the feeling that each day is blurring into the next as they spend more time at home during the pandemic."...

Raise your hand if you're tired of hearing the terms "PPE" and "COVID." Did you hear that? That was the collective sound of the entire promo industry raising their hands at the same time. All jokes aside, masks and other PPE gear will very likely be here to stay for a long time. The question…

You’re probably well aware that socks and footwear are important. You’re probably even wearing socks right now. But what you might not know are some of the many capabilities that companies have to make socks more interesting or functional than just covering your feet...

While the organizers of many events are pushing for later dates due to the COVID-19 pandemic, other officials have elected to transform events into digital experiences. Microsoft is going the virtual route for its Build conference, and sent early registrants for the May 19-20 discussion a sweet promo box teeming with promotional products...