5 Ideas for Targeting Booming Podcast Market
The popularity of branded merchandise from podcasts is soaring. Promo products distribu...
Minimum Wage Rises Take Effect
Mandated minimum wages are rising in 24 states in 2021.
ASICentral’s Top 10 Most-Viewed Articles of 2020
These are the stories, podcasts and videos that resonated most with readers. Plus: ASI’...
#PromoOn: Reflections on Promo’s 2020
Executive Editor Christopher Ruvo reflects on the promotional products industry’s 2020 ...
Koozie Group Acquires IMAGEN Brands
The blockbuster deal involves two of the largest supplier firms in the North American p...
Can Employers Make Employees Get A COVID Shot?
And should they? Legal experts weigh in on those questions and more.
Hong Kong Gift Fair Rescheduled
The event will now occur in a hybrid virtual/physical format, with the digital event ha...
Aid Package Has $284 Billion in New PPP Loans
Congress was expected to approve the new stimulus package on Monday, Dec. 21. The bill ...
Amazon Launches Custom T-Shirt Service
Users can have tees, with personalized tags, created to their precise measurements.
Case Study: Multi-Million Dollar McDonald's Order
COVID-19 has caused market disruption that’s forced promo distributors to adapt like ne...
Feds Seize $600,000 in Fake N95 Masks
3M, parent company of Top 40 supplier 3M/Promotional Markets, helped federal authoritie...
Fauci: COVID Could be Under Control Next Year
Vaccine doses could potentially be available for all people in the U.S. by late March a...
UCLA Economists Predict 6% GDP Growth in Q2 2021
It’s part of an optimistic forecast for the American economy that envisions quarterly g...
AIM Smarter Forms Diversity Council
The distributor network is also planning an educational series on diversity for the pro...
Feds Seize Counterfeit 3M Masks
The latest seizure of bogus products by federal officers occurred in Cincinnati.
CDC Stickers, Buttons Raise Vaccination Awareness
The United States began vaccinating healthcare workers against COVID-19 on Monday, Dec....
Promo Icon Bill Vernon Passes Away
Industry pioneer, civic leader, Army veteran, proud Iowan and devoted family man – Vern...
Alcom Printing Acquires Christmas City Printing
Both companies are based in eastern Pennsylvania.
Next Level Apparel Names Co-CEO
Randall Hales will ultimately take over for current CEO Joe Simsolo, who plans to trans...
Jeff Lederer Leaving alphabroder
The president of the Top 40 supplier’s hard goods division, Prime Line, said it’s time ...
Biden: No Immediate Plan to Nix Trump Tariffs
The levies on imported goods from China directly affected the promotional products indu...
Ban on Some China Cotton Could Affect Promo
Cotton and products produced by Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps will not be ...
$288 Billion in New COVID Relief Loans Proposed
The money would come as part of a broader $908 billion stimulus package that lawmakers ...
Promo’s Shipping, Delivery Challenges to Intensify
Nonetheless, promotional products leaders say that proactive planning, clear communicat...
‘Dow 30,000’ Caps Celebrate Stock Market Milestone
Traders and other financial pros were sporting the branded hats after the Dow Jones Ind...