Merchandise World smashes it again!
576 of the promotional merchandise industry’s top distributors attended Merchandise World at the MK Arena on the 11th September 2019. Almost every major UK distributor company was there, alongside many other significant and professional distributors. The hall itself was buzzing and vibrant as 125 exhibitors created an excellent array of colourful and innovated stands to present their eco, new and top selling products.
TheMagicTouch is offering its image transfer process to decorate and personalise trendy vacuum bottles that many consumers are using to cut down on their single-use plastic consumption. Using the latest in white-toner technology together with the established CPM transfer paper, full-color designs can be applied using a traditional mug press.
Hardly a week goes by without another announcement about how companies, governments, and organizations are seeking to leave less of a footprint on our planet. Intercontinental Hotels recently pledged to remove the 200 million miniature plastic toiletries it uses annually, by 2021. Brewers, Carlsberg and Guinness are just two of the beer companies who are getting rid of plastic rings that hold four-packs together.
Necessity is the mother of invention, and merchandise companies are innovating with alternative products. Bagco currently has a range of recycled cotton, which is made from recycled cotton and rPET (recycled plastic bottles). All samples are sent in paper bags with minimal packaging for orders – one cardboard box and this is the box that the goods are packed in from the factories. The company also makes a donation to Plastic Oceans for every recycled bag sold.
Process improvement
The Leather Business has just launched a new range of recycled leather products, The Reco Collection featuring 10 of the best-selling lines manufactured in a unique way. Natural latex avoids using chemicals to stick fibers together. As well as using biodegradable poly bags, when despatching orders, the company reuses all of the packagings and avoids foam or other non-recyclable materials.
As the BPMA launches its sustainability group, Andrew Langley looks at some of the tough questions merchandise has to ask
Let’s be honest, our industry faces a major challenge to convince some, that we don’t just make products that are disposable, ending up in landfill or requiring expensive and specialist (and often unavailable) recycling.
Suppliers and distributors got their just rewards at PAGE group’s awards event
As it enters its 20th year, the catalog group recognised outstanding industry performance.
Pinfold Promotions hosted an end-user event in Nottingham, with 14 key suppliers showcasing their latest promotional merchandise.
Guildford merchandise company, AMT Marketing, has won the Queen’s Award for International Trade for Outstanding Short-Term Growth.
Shell turned to a promotional media approach when it needed to boost sales and awareness of a key product. The result was an award-winning campaign
Abidur Rahman registered his business Bounce Creative Designs when he graduated from university. In that respect he’s like many of the entrepreneurial figures who drive the promotional merchandise sector.
The BPMA wants to make its members aware of the different standards relating to travel adaptors and to ensure the whole supply chain is managing each other’s expectations as well as those of the end-users.
Printkick has released a free to use image colour matching tool for the promotional merchandise industry.
Perhaps in the 21st Century we are so accustomed to buying commodity items off the shelf that we no longer think about any product in its raw state.
Facial recognition used to be about allowing digital cameras to take better pictures by positioning and focusing on a face.
Briman members are investing in technology, techniques and people to stay ahead of the game, says Mark Alderson
Chesham-based promotional printer, B-Loony, has launched an eco-friendly balloon stick as an alternative to the single use plastic sticks which are to be banned by the EU.
The PenWarehouse has supported a local hospice with a donation of printed pens.
Swiss company Prodir is elevating sustainability with its DS Regeneration Pens. The writing instruments are manufactured from 100% recycled plastic and are also equipped with a globally unique refill Prodir claims offers a better environmental balance.
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