Paris. New York. London. Milan. And now, thanks to The Image Group, Cleveland (or, to be specific, Independence, Ohio) joins the list of fashion capitals of the world. Okay, maybe that’s a stretch. But fashion is the focus of The Image Group’s 2015 Product Expo coming up April 29. Wearable branded merchandise continues to be [...]

Fifty-six percent of U.S. consumers own a writing instrument imprinted with a company logo. In the Midwest, that number jumps to 68 percent. People keep logoed writing instruments an average of six months and use them multiple times every day. That makes writing instruments the top owned promotional products around. And, according to ASI’s 2014 [...]

This week, we buried a beloved coworker, Cliff Milios. Cliff worked in the promotional products industry for most of his life. Some people here worked with Cliff for a short time, while others worked alongside him for decades and at various companies. His quick wit kept us in stitches, and his commitment to customer service [...]

Baseball’s Colorado Rockies had a special gift for the first 15,000 fans entering Coors Field for last Saturday’s home game against the Pittsburgh Pirates: a free jersey featuring the name and number of the team’s shortstop, Troy Tulowitzki. Unfortunately, the All-Star player’s name was misspelled. Omitting the second T, the jerseys contained the spelling “Tulowizki.” [...]

The Image Group has placed among the top twelve employers in the promotional products industry, according to PPB. The magazine’s June issue features this year’s “12 Greatest Companies To Work For,” a listing of companies nominated by their employees as excellent places to work. Each year, PPB seeks employee nominations to identify and applaud the nation’s [...]

[answer] The Consumer Protection Safety Improvement Act of 2008 Aimed at enhancing child safety, the Consumer Protection Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) requires that all children’s products undergo stringent testing for lead content, phthalates, removable parts, flammable textiles, and other proven hazards. The law applies to all children’s products, including promotional products that children might receive. [...]

A new study by Ecology Center found that 71 percent of university-themed merchandise sold at major retailers contains unacceptable amounts of hazardous chemicals. Researchers at the Michigan-based nonprofit tested sixty-five items and found substances banned or restricted from consumer goods, including arsenic, lead, mercury, phthalates, and toxic flame-retardants. More than a third of the tested [...]

News reports abound about unscrupulous manufacturers – many operating in foreign factories with little or no oversight – requiring their employees to work long hours at unfair pay and in unsafe conditions. At the same time, a growing number of lawsuits result in recalls of children’s products containing excessive amounts of lead, dangerous drawstrings, loose [...]

At The Image Group, we’re serious about impacting social change – and raising safety compliance awareness within the promotional products industry. This past year, we’ve implemented new policies that have put us at the forefront of children’s product safety, and toward ensuring a socially compliant supply chain. You can read about those initiatives in our [...]

One of our team members recently returned to work after a holiday vacation that was followed by two snow-emergency days. Luz has been with The Image Group for nearly two years, and she immediately proved her value to our company. She’s a quick learner with a strong work ethic and a keen eye for quality. [...]