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When remote work started last March, most of us thought it would be a temporary thing—two weeks, maybe a month. A year later, that temporary change has become permanent for many workers. Here’s what this new way of business life means for distributors selling polos and business casual apparel...

Registration has officially opened for the PRINTING United Expo 2021, taking place at the Orange County Convention Center (OCCC) in Orlando, Fla., on October 6-8. The expo show floor features a lively Apparel Zone, where attendees can make their own show T-shirt, listen to live industry podcasts and more...

The term “fast fashion” didn’t always have the best connotations, but digital textile printing is changing that narrative.

Are you ready to be halfway through 2021? You know when you accidentally make your podcast play at 1.5 speed? That’s what life feels like right now. Let's slow it down with this week's edition of our five favorite promotional products, featuring Xbox 20th anniversary gear, some very flashy basketballs and more...

Ralph Lauren recently launched a new made-to-order polo shirt platform that allows buyers to customize shirts to their exact specifications. Users can choose from six base styles featuring color-blocking, collar striping and other features. From there, they can choose from 24 color combinations, then personalize with text and select from several Ralph Lauren logo options...

BTS mania has even made it onto McDonald’s employee T-shirts, which will roll out in restaurants across the world later this month. The shirts feature Korean lettering for BTS and McDonald’s, and the word “crew” in English. They are part of a marketing effort to introduce a “BTS meal” similar to the ones Travis Scott and J. Balvin collaborated with McDonald's on...

Look, the rapper Warchyld just wanted to drive around New York City in his branded Hummer SUV complete with gigantic T-shirt cannon on top. Is that such a crime? The NYPD thought so, and pulled Warchyld over last month as he drove through Midtown Manhattan...

Our best Memorial Day weekend advice? Stock up on outdoor stuff now, before all of the last-minute shoppers buy up the coolers, grills and squirt guns next week. You’ll thank us when you’re having the best cookout ever. Our other advice is that you check out some of these promotional products we found from all around the web...

A team of Chinese researchers just developed a new fabric they called Janus, demoing it in a T-shirt. One side of the shirt reflects the sun, keeping the wearer 11 degrees cooler than they’d be in a regular white shirt. Turn it inside out, and the other side traps solar radiation against your skin, keeping the wearer 14 degrees warmer than...

As part of our 2021 State of the Industry report, we reached out to experts in five major product categories. Below is an excerpt from our conversation with Pat Noonan, chief product officer for SanMar, Issaquah, Wash., who gave us an inside look at the state of promotional apparel...