My favorite drinkware supplier, ETS Express is coming out with some very stylish new H2Go water bottles, and we are excited to get them into our line. Check them out.
H2Go Vornado
H2Go Stealth
H2Go Soho
H2Go Wide
Showing posts with label promotional suppliers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label promotional suppliers. Show all posts
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Saturday, October 17, 2009
A Sweatshirt Blanket in Tie Dye
Sweatshirt blankets are among my favorite promotional items. They remind people of football games, picnics and their favorite school or college. I don't know anyone who doesn't love wearing a Saturday sweatshirt. And a sweatshirt blanket conveys that feel in a nonwearable. They are attractive to give as they can be rolled up nicely and trimmed with a custom hang tag.
One of American Promotions' suppliers has created more sweatshirt blanket options than any other supplier out there. MV Sport has created two separate sizes of blanket. The first is the most popular and is a large heavyweight sweatshirt blanket measuring 54" x 84". The second is a considered a throw (although it is about the size of most comparable fleece blankets). It measures 40" x 52". It is perfect as a baby gift or when you want to give away a nice promo blanket and save about 30%.
MV Sport has created sweatshirt blankets in most collegiate colors. They also have a line of "fashion" pattern sweatshirt blankets which include this awesome one in tie dye - very unique cool.
Another thing I really like about sweatshirt blankets is that they actually lend themselves more to screen printing rather than embroidery, and are more attractive with a large 1 or 2 color screen print than with a small embroidered logo.
American Promotions carries the full line of MV Sport sweatshirt blankets. Check them out here. The tie dye one is sold here.
Wednesday, November 05, 2008
One of the more innovative suppliers in the promotional products industry right now is CorporateKey. They supply and manufacture over 1000 small portable electronics devices such as USB drives, wireless mice, USB hubs, MP3 players and digital photo frames.
American Promotions can offer any product which CorporateKey sales and at a discount. However, our website is best supplied with USB drives.
American Promotions can offer any product which CorporateKey sales and at a discount. However, our website is best supplied with USB drives.
Friday, September 12, 2008
Adjusting to the Downturn
The economy has definitely taken a downward turn. The feeling is palpable in our industry and across the economy. But smart businesses will conserve, will be frugal and will cut costs while finding ways to grow. American Promotions is actually growing even this year when the economic headwinds against growth seem to be so strong. There are a lot of reasons we are growing - many of which we consider to be proprietary and secrect.
The main issue is that we are seeking to be adaptable, and to constantly adjust based on the best data we can get. Another reason is that we are not real large anyway, and so there is a lot of room to take market share from competitors even if the pie is not growing.
The official position of ASI is that the pie of promotional products sales is growing. According to ASI, the industry sales for the 2nd quarter of 2008 grew at 3.7% over the same quarter in 2007. I can't link to this because it is industry protected data. I find these numbers to be suspect, but I have no idea how ASI collects there data, so I don't have grounds to criticize them. From our experience, most prices across the industry have gone up 5% to 15% (in some cases much more). If ASI's data only represents the nominal value of all goods sold, then it is very likely that the industry is actually moving less product, but still eeking out sales gains. I also think there is a generalized trend of money flow from traditional advertising such as radio and television to nontraditional outlets such as promotions and web advertising.
In any case, a lot of distributors are struggling, and I imagine that some suppliers are too. I hope the government does not interfere with the market too much and that we can innovate our way out of this.
The economy has definitely taken a downward turn. The feeling is palpable in our industry and across the economy. But smart businesses will conserve, will be frugal and will cut costs while finding ways to grow. American Promotions is actually growing even this year when the economic headwinds against growth seem to be so strong. There are a lot of reasons we are growing - many of which we consider to be proprietary and secrect.
The main issue is that we are seeking to be adaptable, and to constantly adjust based on the best data we can get. Another reason is that we are not real large anyway, and so there is a lot of room to take market share from competitors even if the pie is not growing.
The official position of ASI is that the pie of promotional products sales is growing. According to ASI, the industry sales for the 2nd quarter of 2008 grew at 3.7% over the same quarter in 2007. I can't link to this because it is industry protected data. I find these numbers to be suspect, but I have no idea how ASI collects there data, so I don't have grounds to criticize them. From our experience, most prices across the industry have gone up 5% to 15% (in some cases much more). If ASI's data only represents the nominal value of all goods sold, then it is very likely that the industry is actually moving less product, but still eeking out sales gains. I also think there is a generalized trend of money flow from traditional advertising such as radio and television to nontraditional outlets such as promotions and web advertising.
In any case, a lot of distributors are struggling, and I imagine that some suppliers are too. I hope the government does not interfere with the market too much and that we can innovate our way out of this.
Friday, September 05, 2008
A Great Pen Company
I just wanted to do a quick tip-of-the-hat to a great pen company - Senator Pen. They have done a fantastic job of offering a focused product line in the face of much more well funded and competition. They have great service and their website is innovative, straight-forward and intuitive. Promotional pens are the staple of the industry, and Senator has carved out a strong and well-deserved nitch.
I just wanted to do a quick tip-of-the-hat to a great pen company - Senator Pen. They have done a fantastic job of offering a focused product line in the face of much more well funded and competition. They have great service and their website is innovative, straight-forward and intuitive. Promotional pens are the staple of the industry, and Senator has carved out a strong and well-deserved nitch.
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