The term discount promotional gifts should not translate to something cheap and shabby. After all if you are giving away promotional gifts, they should reflect your brand. At MCM we strongly believe in the concept of perceived value. Simply put, that is providing a product or a service whose value far exceeds the cost. ALL [...]
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High end promotional items represent a very small segment of the promotional items industry. If you are looking for gifts for executives, high net worth clients, guest speakers or rewards for significant accomplishments, you need a firm with a unique expertise. At MCM we have been assisting our clients find the most appropriate high end [...]
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Custom shoe laces are a perfect alternative or compliment to awareness bands. They are ideal for clubs, teams and organizations that are sports oriented. Another great application is a charity walk. No matter what your requirement is, custom shoe laces are smart looking and they create a sense of team and unity. Custom shoe laces [...]
One of the most popular apparel for logos is the custom hoodie. As I started to write this page, I realized that I’m wearing one. With a quick mouse click I’m looking at the Wikipedia page on hoodies and learn that they go back to the Middle Ages and were worn by monks. Custom hoodies [...]
We published our first News Alert regarding cotton prices back on 1-12-2010. We followed up with a report in our 6-30-2010 Newsletter “The Twilight Zone” and reported again on 10-28-2010. Cotton prices continue to defy all of the experts. Let’s look at the history. For most of the past decade cotton stayed between $.38 to [...]
One of the best tests to determine the effectiveness of a promotional product is to observe how it integrates into your daily life. A few years ago we received a sample of a trunk organizer – SUV organizer. I was skeptical as I unpacked it but it held my curiosity. I began to test the [...]
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One of the hottest looking products at the 2011 PPAI trade show were these custom belts. They stopped us in our tracks. The first thing we thought of was the designer Ed Hardy. If you don’t recognize his name, his boutiques are in New York, Boston, L.A., Kuwait, Bangkok, Mumbai and more. Hardy is also [...]
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Custom shirts can mean anything from a fine spread collar bankers’ stripe to a polo with an embroidered logo. One of our suppliers has really stepped it up. The custom polo shirts that we are talking about are one of the most innovative promotional shirts we have ever seen. We truly mean custom and we [...]
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Back in January we published a post about cotton pricing beginning to rise. Here is an update on this global issue that will have an even greater impact during 2011. Attached below is a copy of a story from Women’s Wear Daily. Click on the image to read full article. It speaks to a convergence [...]
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LED cap, no way. That was our first impression when we saw them display at the ASI Show in January. It’s just another silly fad, none of our clients are going to call and ask for a custom LED cap. Often wrong, but never in doubt is a line I live by. The phone has [...]
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