Stickers & Decals
June 30, 2020 at 11:41 am
Stereogum, a popular music site that started in the early 2000s, has been working hard to stay afloat by launching a crowdfunding campaign. Part of it is an album of covers of ‘00s music from artists like The National, Death Cab for Cutie and Mac DeMarco. But, aside from the album, Stereogum is relying on past promotional merchandise to sweeten the deal...
June 4, 2020 at 2:06 pm
Morning Brew, using data from SimilarWeb, looked at web traffic for e-commerce sites over the month of May, assembling a list of the top 25 by percentage traffic increase. Two of those sites happened to be branded merchandise stores for a pair of well-known brands: Guns N' Roses and UFC...
May 14, 2020 at 1:24 pm
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...
February 24, 2020 at 1:15 pm
To anyone who thinks promo items are nothing but "trinkets and trash," may we refer you to the curators at the Smithsonian? They're tracking down promotional items from the 2020 Presidential Election to document them as part of a long-running collection of American election merchandise...
January 10, 2020 at 1:48 pm
Many people who are seeking romantic partners this year will undoubtedly take to Hinge for help. Marking its eighth year on the dating app scene, the matchmaking aid is striving to help fortunate users to show affection to its “Designed to Be Deleted” slogan through branded merch that they can “destroy.” The goods mark an extension of the app’s Hingie mascot...
November 20, 2019 at 12:44 pm
Since its Monday debut, the “Meth. We’re On It” slogan that South Dakota is using to combat the state’s drug crisis has mostly become a punchline on social media and elsewhere on the internet. As its message takes shape, 27 promotional items related to the campaign are now available in a Teespring merch collection, with all but two being apparel...
August 1, 2019 at 1:28 pm
In his second run at the Democratic nomination, Bernie Sanders is heavily touting health care, and an exchange over a Medicare measure at Tuesday's debate saw Sanders bark “I wrote the damn bill” at Ohio representative Timothy Ryan. Mere hours later, Sanders announced a promotional sticker featuring those same words, available to anyone who made a donation to his campaign...
April 9, 2019 at 1:49 pm
After six months of riveting regular season action, the NHL is preparing for the best time of the year—namely, the two-month quest to lift Lord Stanley’s Cup. It's time for the playoffs, folks! Sixteen teams are vying for the coveted proof of undeniable determination and might, and many clubs are heightening their fan bases’ fascination…
March 22, 2019 at 1:28 pm
No year is ever perfect, but 1969 deserves commendation as a relatively groovy year, particularly thanks to the Woodstock music festival and the recording and release of “Abbey Road” by The Beatles. No matter the majesty of those moments and many others, nothing will top the significance of the Apollo 11 lunar landing that occurred…
March 12, 2019 at 1:47 pm
Like everyone who walks this earth, we here at Promo Marketing wrestle with many topics but never with our affinity for wrestling, especially since the sport recently gave us another chance to champion the merits of Gritty, the Philadelphia Flyers’ hijinks-loving mascot. Thanks to World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. (WWE), the party responsible for that hockey-centric…
