Nashville and middle Tennessee promotional merchandise, logo apparel, and swag.
Nashville and middle Tennessee promotional merchandise, logo apparel, and swag.
Oct 22
You may call it something else besides "garment washed", like faded, washed, distressed, etc. Garment washed means the item is washed after it is assembled. Benefits besides the faded color are t...
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Want to get the most effectiveness our of your promotional product gifts this summer? Give the recipients something that will come in handy while they are having fun during these warm months! ...
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The way we work, especially from where we work, has changed significantly since Covid. Working remotely does not appear to be going anywhere anytime soon, though for many now the week means ...
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Looking for holiday gift ideas or other seasonal promotional merchandise? Be sure and look through Promo Hounds' Q4 Specials. Here's a brief overview of some of the great ideas: 3¼...
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Promo Hounds' 2023 Spring/Summer Apparel is out now! This year you will find more retail brand name items for your company's or organization's imprinted apparel, making your employees look even mo...
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Sometimes you just gotta give your blog space to someone else. I felt this information from the Advertising Specialty Institute (ASI) was much more informative than anything I could have posted he...
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Promo Hounds is dedicated to showing clients and prospects sustainable swag items. Following is a blog from one of our chief suppliers, Koozie Group (which is A LOT more than Koozies) we fin...
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Logo apparel has continued to be a top sales category throughout 2020 and 2021. Part of this is with all the online meetings it provides better identity of your business. We've just updated our A...
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Though I usually try to stay from any kind of topic that may be controversial, I do feel it is imperative to promote getting back to business as close to what used to be normal as possible. I d...
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Whether you like it or not, are against it or for it, covering your mouth and nose seems like it will be around for a while. There are a few different options for how to do this. Below is a br...
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We are very excited to let you know about the newest innovation with Promo Hounds designed to give you less expensive costs and higher quality when printing on lower quantities of t-shirts! Promo ...
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Since it appears it is going to be a while longer for people to be working from home, we thought some ideas to stay in touch with them, keep your company name in front of them, or motivate them; wo...
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Promo Hounds New 2020 Spring and Summer Apparel Line is online now and can be viewed in our Apparel Shop! Though there are literally hundreds of other shirts available, we have chosen these based ...
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Sustainable swag items appears to be a fast growing trend in our industry. However, seems many still choose to not use sustainable items because of the price difference. Here are some sustainab...
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We are seeing two good things happen in the promotional product industry. There are more clients asking for information on sustainable promotional items, or swag. There are many suppliers steppin...
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This article is reprinted from Advantage Magazine, a promotional products trade journal. By Crissa Debree Some trends spend years growing incrementally before reaching a tipping point. Other...
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If your company plans to encourage healthier living for your employees in 2020, here's some relatively inexpensive items to help carry that message throughout the year. Prices are based on 2019 pr...
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With over 20 years experience in the promotional products, swag, business; we've seen about everything we think. Then again we get proven wrong many times. However, there are some helpful ti...
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We get a lot of requests for shorter runs of imprinted apparel and textiles. The most cost effective way to do that is with Direct To Garment printing. Below is a blog I'm borrowing from Bella+Ca...
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Though there's so many holiday gift ideas available and trying to narrow it down to a dozen is a formidable challenge, we're crazy enough to do it anyway. So here's 12 Holiday Gift Ideas for Busin...
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Promo Hounds, after much sniffing around and tracking down the best choices, has introduced our 2019 Fall/Winter Apparel Line. There is over 25 new items including dress shirts, ladies shirts a...
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Are you familiar with sensory memory? Here is a definition from Wikipedia: Sensory memory (SM) is an automatic response, not under conscious control. It deals with the input from the senses. The...
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This is probably true for most business sectors, but it occurs to me often because of client requests that most people are not familiar with how the promotional product industry works. So here's a...
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August workouts have started, even though it is still July, and football season is right around the corner. Whether you are doing a promotion to support an actual team or just a football themed pr...
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If you do not know about it already, let me introduce you to the Richardson 112 Snapback Trucker Cap. In my over 20 years in this business I've never run across a more requested cap than this one!...
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We understand that everyone wants to get the best deal they can when purchasing promotional products (swag) for their marketing, safety, human resources programs, etc. However, you can go too far ...
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Not every promotional product (swag) company can provide you with Under Armour apparel that can be decorated with your logo, but Promo Hounds can. Under Armour limits their distribution to a se...
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Beach towels are a fairly popular warm weather promotional item. When choosing a beach towel there are three main criteria to consider: type of material, size and weight. Here's a brief guide to...
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Hopefully you are enjoying this spring weather of late as much as we are! The Promo Hound gives his approval: If you are looking for business related promotional items you'll find items like...
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We've just rolled out our 2019 2019 Spring/Summer Apparel Line and think you will find some styles you'll love there. Couple things to point out first. Almost any item shown in our 2019 Sprin...
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If you are wondering what promotional items other companies are purchasing currently, here's your answers based on our clients. You will not see many of these matching up with some of the new item...
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If you are wanting to be on the cutting edge of promotional items here's a couple more trends emerging (we covered some others in an earlier blog). There is now one supplier offering Tri-Blend...
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The Promo Hounds team attending the new product show in Las Vegas last week found some great new ideas and trending items! Among those trending items are ones with a logo that is back lit so it...
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I could say we get asked often about the insulation in the popular light-weight down-alternative type jackets so popular today, but that would be a lie. I just thought you might want to know...
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Embroidery can be more than a decoration technique. It can be a work of art. However many people shy away from it due to the misconception it is expensive. Embroidery really is no more than s...
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Maybe this has occurred to many of you already, but it was enlightening to me several years ago when I read about it. When choosing a promotional item, the more senses it can appeal to then ...
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Currently the biggest issues facing anyone planning to buy promotional items are supply shortages and upcoming price increases. We've seen a growing trend in 2018 of suppliers being out of sto...
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What all goes in to the pricing of imprinted apparel? That is important to know so you can also know how to save money when purchasing imprinted apparel. Here's a good checklist: · ...
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One of my favorite sayings about promotional items is that they are the only advertising for which people will thank you. Most of the time this is very true! We like to say that your promo item...
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I've seen a LOT of polo shirts during my twenty years or so in the promotional products business. I've seen several that claim their collars do not roll, but they do. Why is this and how do you g...
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Looks like the logo apparel landscape for the spring and summer seasons trends towards heather/melange patterns, though not always called that; along with textured but still soft materials. Por...
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What's hot in promotional apparel trends for 2018? Nicer dress shirts, more offerings for women, jersey type shirts and the melange/heather look....LOTS of melange/heather look! If you want to dr...
Continue ReadingJan 24, 2018
It's always great to attend the Promotional Products Association's largest trade show of the year in Las Vegas. It's an excellent opportunity to see what's new and what the current trends are. Th...
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