Which Hoodie Is Right For You?

Sep 11

Okay if you don't like wearing hoodies IDK if we can be friends. We can still be business associates though. As we get into hoodie weather now I thought maybe a hoodie primer would help if an...

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10 Promo Items For Summer Fun!

May 21

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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Make Great Impressions With Polos From Our New 2025 Spring/Summer Apparel Line

Mar 18

Are you ready to update your organization's logo apparel? Here's 10 suggestions from Promo Hounds' 2025 Spring/Summer Line of shirts. There are plenty of brand names like Adidas, Cutter & Bu...

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What Are The Top Selling Promo Categories? Here you go!

Feb 18

Given that it's been the hottest product category of the past decade, you may think we need to finally put a lid on this drinkware talk. But the market for cups, mugs and tumblers continued to s...

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10 Great Ways Logo Apparel Will Help Your Business!

Nov 7, 2024

Offering logo apparel to your employees and customers will achieve many objectives, among them building morale and free advertising. Whether you are looking for office attire or to clothe servi...

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Top 10 Picks From Promo Hounds' 2024-25 Fall/Winter Apparel Line

Sep 17, 2024

We've been hard at work the past few weeks lining up the featured items for our 2024-2025 Fall/Winter apparel line! Here's 10 of the top picks below, and you can view the entire line at Promo H...

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More Retail Brands In Promo Hounds' 2024 Spring/Summer Apparel Line!

Mar 19, 2024

We are excited to roll out our 2024 Spring/Summer Apparel line, featuring more name brands than ever before! We also have plenty of industry staples that make for great uniforms, etc. To refre...

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A New Imprint Alternative For Apparel & Caps – DTF, Direct to Film

Feb 27, 2024

With the emergence of newer types of materials over the past few years, such as performance material, moisture-wicking fabrics, etc.; there has also been some new imprinting issues. Most of the...

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Company Apparel May Be More Relevant Now Than Ever

Oct 10, 2023

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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Top 10 Picks From Promo Hounds' New 2023 Fall/Winter Apparel Line

Sep 7, 2023

There are some great additions to this year's Promo Hounds' 2023 Fall/Winter Apparel Shop, and there a few best-selling returning pieces. You will find some nice choices including oxford shirt...

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Heat Transfer Imprints Can Be A Better Choice For Performance Shirts

May 31, 2023

Performance apparel, particularly performance polos and shirts, can present some challenges to embroider due to the thinness of the polyester material. A growing alternative is to use a heat pr...

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Top Picks From Promo Hounds New 2023 Spring Summer Apparel Line

Mar 21, 2023

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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Promo Hounds Fall/Winter Apparel Line Is Here! Callaway, Oakley, adidas, and Ogio Among Others

Aug 23, 2022

Promo Hounds is excited about our new Fall and Winter Apparel Line and hope you will be also! We've updated the selections with name brands like adidas, Under Armour, Callaway, Oakley, Ogio ...

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Why Branded Apparel Is Important For Your Organization!

May 5, 2022

Branded company/corporate apparel makes up the largest category of Promo Hounds sales. There's many good reasons (besides the fact we are very good at it) why this is so. Making logo company appa...

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10 Great Choices From Promo Hounds Featured Spring/Summer Apparel Line

Apr 13, 2022

Promo Hounds rolled out its all new 2022 Spring/Summer Apparel line in our online Apparel Shop. Our Apparel Shop is where we display some of our top choices for the current seasons. It is BY FAR ...

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The Most Influential Promotional Products By State & Region

Feb 11, 2022

We often are asked what the most popular promotional items are currently. Well here's more than you probably want to know! The Advertising Specialty Institute (ASI) publishes an annual report ...

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New Fall & Winter Styles From Promo Hounds' Apparel Shop

Sep 15, 2021

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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Showing Employees You Appreciate Them Is Now More Important Than Ever

Jul 20, 2021

As we are all aware from media, employees are changing jobs at a more rapid pace now than in any of our lifetimes. Employees are also wanting better treatment from their employers. Some wan...

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Meet Next Level's New Buttery-Soft Sueded T-Shirts

Jun 15, 2021

This is a short and sweet blog to introduce you to the Next Level sueded fabric t-shirts and apparel. They say it is the softest material in the industry and it just might be! This fabric has a ...

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Who's Ready To Have Some Fun This Summer?

Jun 1, 2021

Okay we're calling it. Time to get back to normal, at least close enough, for most of us! People are ready to chill and have some fun with others. So, what does that mean? It means peopl...

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Why Companies Are Getting Back To Business and What To Look For

Apr 29, 2021

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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Change Is Coming Soon! Get Your Swag Ready!

Mar 31, 2021

We have noticed a definite uptick in business the past couple weeks as businesses and other entities prepare for going back to work, school, etc.! We have added our Promo Hounds Q2 Specials jus...

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Seven Ways To Maximize The Impact Of Promotional Products For Virtual Events

Feb 9, 2021

Sometimes I run across articles too good not to share. Thanks to Forbes and Valerie Hayman Sklar for this one. Seven Ways To Maximize The Impact Of Promotional Products For Virtual Events ...

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Logo Apparel Is Currently Our Top Selling Category

Nov 30, 2020

While many categories in the promotional products business have taken hits this year, largely due to events being cancelled, apparel is still being purchased at rates equal to or higher than ...

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10 Swag Items To Optimize Online Meeting Visibility

Oct 9, 2020

Even when people return to their regular workplaces, online meetings are likely to continue to be a trend. Ain't nobody got time for you to be bringing your germs into their office. ) Here's ...

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Improve Your Employees Home Office With These Items

Sep 11, 2020

With so many businesses keeping their employees working from home for a while longer, some till at least 2021, maybe it is a good idea to make their home work space more productive and feeling m...

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Best Swag Items For The New Reality

Jun 5, 2020

As businesses ease back into what I call the “new reality” it might be helpful to know what type of swag items are of more use now besides PPE items. We do have just about a...

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Small Quantity T-shirt Orders Cost Less With Our New DTG System!

May 12, 2020

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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Swag Items To Motivate Workers At Home

Mar 31, 2020

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!

Mar 24, 2020

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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Let's Get Our 2020 Focus on Sustainable Items Started!

Jan 23, 2020

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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Promo Buyer Trends For 2020 - Creativity, quality and social responsibility will resonate with buyers in 2020.

Dec 19, 2019

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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Promote Health & Wellness In 2020 With These 10 Useful Swag Items

Dec 11, 2019

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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The Best Way For You To Imprint Apparel and Textiles

Oct 30, 2019

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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Trending Fall and Winter Promotional Apparel

Oct 9, 2019

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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5 Reasons Sensory Memory Gives Swag Items An Advantage

Sep 11, 2019

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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Tailgate Like A Champion With These Promos

Aug 1, 2019

Hopefully you caught our last post about football-themed promotions in general. This week we are covering some great tailgating items more specifically. First of all no one wants to bake i...

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Don’t Let Time Run Out! Gear Up For Football Season Promotions now!

Jul 26, 2019

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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The Most Popular Cap I’ve Ever Seen

May 29, 2019

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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When Saving Money On Swag Costs You Money

May 21, 2019

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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You Won't Find Under Armour Apparel Everywhere, But You Will Here

Apr 25, 2019

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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What's New With Promo Hounds' 2019 Spring/Summer Apparel Line

Mar 29, 2019

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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Tri-Blend Polos and Caps with Patches - More Hot Trends

Jan 30, 2019

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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New Product Ideas Too Good To Stay In Vegas

Jan 21, 2019

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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How Light-Weight Down Alternative Jackets Keep You Warm

Nov 26, 2018

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 – The Misunderstood Decoration Technique

Nov 7, 2018

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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Promo Products - The More Senses You Appeal To The Better

Sep 5, 2018

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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Plan Now To Avoid Promotional Products Shortages and Price Increases

Aug 1, 2018

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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How To Save Money On Imprinted Apparel

Jun 21, 2018

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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The Curse of Polo Shirt - Rolling Collars

May 15, 2018

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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You'll Be Stylin' With These 5 New Apparel Trends

Apr 23, 2018

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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Promotional Apparel Trends for 2018

Feb 9, 2018

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...

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Hot New Promo Products & Trends 2018

Jan 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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