This is one particular question you may have asked or been asked recently. As consumers, if we see something we like, by virtue of the way it looks or by our subjective standards of what a quality product looks like, we want it for ourselves. This is how high street brands hone in on the general public and just like the high street, other businesses can use promotional clothing to their advantage too. I personally prefer to buy clothes from Miss Selfridge, but how is it that I came to this decision? Way back when I bought my first item of clothing from Miss Selfridge I initially loved the colour and...

The latest piece of high-tech kit due to be issued to all British forces deploying to Helmand already has a nickname. It is known by the troops who have tested it as the “combat codpiece”. The name may be irreverent, but the intention behind the new piece of body armour is deadly serious: to protect soldiers’ most important piece of personal kit from blast injuries to the pelvic area caused by the Taliban’s roadside bombs. All those deploying to Helmand are already being issued with four pairs of special anti-blast underpants. They look like black cycling shorts, but are made...

If you think it’s cold outside; stop being soft because it’s going to get even colder. Overnight, temperatures fell as low as -20C in Braemar, Aberdeenshire and -7C in Birmingham.   Gatwick Airport has reopened after two days of closure, but passengers are warned of delays and cancellations. Southern and Southeastern rail have reduced services, trains in East Yorkshire are cancelled, and there are virtually no services north of Glasgow.   It must be time to wrap up warm then, with some promotional hats, gloves, fleeces and scarves from Gift Selection and Promostore. You can get your promotional...

Promotional sportswear is big business in the corporate gift industry, having your school kids football team all kitted out with their own branded kits, will make them feel much more professional. Branded sports kits don’t come too much bigger then Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, who have agreed a shirt sponsorship deal, restricted to Premier League games, with software company Autonomy Corporation. The two-year deal, which begins from the start of the 2010/2011 season, will see the Autonomy brand feature on the Tottenham Hotspur shirt in Barclays Premier League matches. The football club said that...

Over at Gift Selection, they supply lots of branded clothing for a whole host of different types of organisations. Security professionals are one group of people, who use a lot of quality promotional clothing, all of which Gift Selection can offer.   Smartly corporate branded items such as polo shorts, long sleeve shirts, coats and hi-viz jackets are all good sellers, and are great for keeping a smart and professional appearance. Some of the well known promotional brands you can choose from include: Dickies, Result, Kustom Kit, RTY Workwear and Regatta.      Despite having such excellent corporate...

Did you see the British number 1; miss out on his first Grand Slam title yesterday? Despite being Fedorized, Andy Murray said his desire to win a Grand Slam title remained intact, despite a solid defeat at the Australian Open.   The Briton lost 6-3 6-4 7-6 (13-11) to Roger Federer in Sunday’s final. “I’m hungry to win one,” said the 22-year-old Scot. “I haven’t since I was 16, 17 years old when I started playing the junior Grand Slams.”I worked really, really hard to try to do it and give myself the opportunity. So far it’s not been good enough but...

The economy may well be slimming down, but you may be surprised to learn that people don’t want to cut their gym memberships from their budgets, Forbes magazine tells us. It seems that gyms our one of the ten things that people are still spending money on. Over in the US at least, research from Stifel Nicolaus predicts overall gym memberships will increase by four percent this year.   The days of simple promotional cotton shirts and shorts are coming to an end. Luckily Gift Selection has a range of high end promotional active wear for everyone. Holly Tuten, retail manager for a major Hotel &...

Leading market research analyst Mintel has shown that sales of ethical clothing have more than quadrupled in the last five years, reaching a healthy £175m in early 2009. If your business has cottoned on to the trend of organic and ethical clothing, then ecoproducts2order has a range of quality items. The market for ethical clothing is going from strength to strength, as consumers continue to seek out clothing that takes into consideration the impact of production and trade on the environment and on the people behind the clothes we wear. My particular favourite is the promotional organic baby...

It seems the snow keeps on falling, to the frustration of millions of motorists around the United Kingdom. The latest victims were around 200 people that had to be rescued by emergency crews in Devon, after spending hours trapped in their snowed in vehicles.   The hostages were stuck at the A38 at Haldon Hill, near Exeter, at about 9:00PM after the weather suddenly took a turn for the worst. With the Met Office predicted that parts of the UK will receive eight inches (20cm) of snow forecast in places, now is the perfect time to roll out your winter promotional products.   Promotional clothing such...