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Top 5 Swag Trends That Will Define Brands in 2024
Fresh off our most significant industry event, our Brand Stylists are armed with the latest innovations and ideas that promise to keep you ahead of the style curve. Here are our top 5 trends that we think will dominate swag this year.
Pride Month: Reflecting on and Supporting LGBTQ+ History
CreativeMC’s headquarters is in San Francisco, California, a city rooted in history with the Castro, an internationally recognized neighborhood that is known as the center of the LGBTQ+ universe. Just like our incredible city, CreativeMC is determined to be a company that supports change and continues to champion equality for all.
Reporting from Spring Trunk Show & Happy Hour 2023
We hosted our first-ever trunk show to showcase some of our favorite vendors and their latest products that make the perfect corporate gifts for our clients. We’re here to bring you a report of our favorite moments, standout products, and more.
AAPI Heritage Month: Celebrating Our Own Team’s Voices
This AAPI Heritage Month, we are highlighting the incredible Asian American team members of CreativeMC. With an AAPI presence in every department, we’re excited for you to meet who we are behind the scenes and learn about what Asian and Pacific Islander heritage means to each of us.
Earth Day 2023: Divert Corporate Swag from Landfill Through Our New Partnership With SwagCycle
This Earth Day, we are launching a partnership with SwagCycle to help divert promotional products from landfill through charitable donations and/or recycling/upcycling. The first 20 people to sign up for a demo of the latest addition to our sustainable initiatives receive a special Earth Day swag collection of sustainable products.
The Making of the Spring/Summer 2023 Lookbook
Our Spring/Summer 2023 Lookbook has arrived, and we’re pulling back the curtain to reveal CreativeMC’s extensive process behind the curation and selection of the latest seasonal trends and branded promotional products. Our blog will give you a never-before-seen look at the secret sauce that produces our unique point of view on corporate swag styles that our clients anticipate and appreciate each season.
How Corporate Swag Choices Can Impact the Future of Black & BIPOC Businesses
Black and BIPOC founders must overcome hurdles white entrepreneurs don’t experience in order to reach the same level of financial success. With consumers and employees demanding more support for and investment in these founders, our swag industry and our clients can make a difference by prioritizing promoting and purchasing black-owned brands.
New Product Arrivals Meet Trends in 2023
Early in the new year, our team touched down in Las Vegas for PPAI Expo 2023 – our industry’s largest trade show with more than a thousand domestic and international brand exhibitors and tens of thousands of promotional products. Learn what our experts' favorite products were, what some of the biggest trends were at the show, and more!
2023 Predictions in Corporate Swag Trends
Are you looking for a fresh take on your 2023 promotional products? Tap into the trends that our brand stylists see coming in swag. We’ve talked to our sources plus done our due diligence on economic and corporate culture trends to put together our Top 8 predictions for the new year. Dive in and get inspired!
An Inside Look: Why Sustainability Is Corporate Swag’s Hottest Trend
The corporate swag industry is going green, now more than ever, as an eco-friendly promotional product choice has shifted from a nice-to-have to a must-have. Planet-friendly practices are foundational to CreativeMC’s ethos, so we’re sharing what we’ve learned on our environmental journey, along with 4 tips on how our partners can help us help the Earth!
Holiday Countdown: Top 3 Tips for Corporate Gifting
As stylish corporate gifts are one of our specialties at CreativeMC, we turned to our team of experts for their Top 3 Tips for a seamless holiday gifting experience – from sourcing and designing swag to packaging and worldwide delivery.
Eco-Friendly Brands for Your Sustainable Swag
A commitment to sustainably-made products and a consideration for a brand’s environmental practices are basic, yet crucial tenets of the 21st-century consumer. In a culture stricken by climate anxiety, it is becoming increasingly common for brands to purport an environmentally conscious ethos while making little to no eco-friendly efforts—a marketing phenomenon known as “green-washing”. To discern between brands that green-wash and brands making legitimate commitments to sustainability can be a difficult task.
Top 5 Ways to Give Your Swag Summer Vibes
A very long-awaited summer is in store for us. We’re welcoming road trips, barbeques, sports, days in the park, and relaxing by the water with stylish new swag to match the excitement. Let’s break down the top 5 ways you can give your swag a sizzling, new summer vibe. And don’t miss our Spring and Summer Trends Lookbook for all the latest in quality promotional products.
Dive into Spring/Summer 2022’s Swag Style Trends
The warm season is bursting with a lot more fun in the sun. With clients heading out for travel, participating in activities, and returning back into the office, it’s time to make sure your company swag isn’t left behind.
Must-have brands led by people of color and women
Inspired by Black History Month 2022, we launched an initiative called Brand Together to shine the light on premium and boutique retail brands that are owned or led by underrepresented communities, including BIPOC, AAPI, LGBTQ, and women. We’re committed to expanding our relationships with these companies and introducing them to our clients and partners. They will inspire fresh ideas for your quality promotional products and stylish new swag, while also making a positive impact.
Top 10 Branded Swag Categories for 2022
Entering a new year means it's time to welcome new promotional products arrivals. Our team of Brand Stylists has weighed in on the Top 7 categories that their clients will covet, along with branded swag picks for each. Our 2022 New Arrivals Lookbook breaks it all down by category.
Top 5 Essential Services Offered by Our Distribution and Fulfillment Center
With remote working and virtual events in full force for the foreseeable future, our customers need virtual solutions to pandemic pain points – from nurturing prospects remotely, to engaging employees at home, and shipping to private addresses.
Top 4 Ways to Successfully Brand Your Virtual Events
With coronavirus lurking for the foreseeable future, our clients are reimagining their employee events and customer conferences by taking them online.
NEW! Essential Checklist for Safe Workplace Return
As states begin to lift quarantines, it’s time to plan how we’ll safely return to the office. This impacts both a) how the workplace is set up and b) how employees engage in it.