Twinings In’Fuse Wins Again
Twinings In’Fuse Wins Again! The team at Inck were rather chuffed to see that Twinings In’Fuse was selected as one of the 2020 Nielsen Breakthrough Innovation Winners in Australia last…
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Sourcing Promo Products from Overseas in 2021? What You Need to Know.
Sourcing promo products from China or overseas in 2021? Back in February we wrote our first article about the Coronavirus impact and how it might affect orders of promotional merchandise …
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Promotional Products vs Branded Merchandise – Managing Marketing Podcast w Darren Woolley
Did you know there’s a difference between promotional products and branded merchandise? Did you know ‘you can put two visibly identical products on the table yet one of them could…
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Branded Merchandise Fail Alert.
A few years ago, an Australian government department ordered thousands of rubber wristbands to promote an environmental issue. When the promotional wristbands arrived each of them came individually wrapped in…
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Pandemic Profiteer Gets Sentenced for Selling Fake 3M Masks
Another pandemic profiteer bites the dust. The boss of a Chinese Pharmacy and two of his associates have been sentenced to 15 years in prison for selling counterfeit masks at…
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Looking for Antibacterial Branded Merchandise?
The future of hygiene is looking bright. Literally. Whilst most of us have been busily washing our hands and applying hand sanitiser like it’s going out of fashion, other frequently…
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COVID-19 – The 5 Weirdest Promotional Products Borne Out of the Pandemic
Don’t worry – I promise not to use the word ‘unprecedented’. That said, some of the products and innovations that have come across our desk since the pandemic began have…
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Procurement, Panic & the Supply Chain
I think we can all agree that 2020 is not going entirely to plan. That said, in the mad rush to pivot (hand sanitiser, face masks, oh my!) and the…
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The Covid-19 Guide to Face Masks & Respirators (and why we WON’T be selling them)
The natural human response to chaos is to DO SOMETHING, which might explain why people are buying and selling face masks in droves. Your business might be one of them.…
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Coronavirus Update – How Will Your Promotional Merchandise Be Affected?
With the latest news that the World Health Organisation (WHO) has now declared COVID-19 a pandemic and with the US also restricting all travel from Europe* for the next 30…
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Sourcing promo products from China in 2020? The Coronavirus impact explained.
With the Coronavirus currently impacting nearly everyone in China, there is no doubt there will be a significant knock-on effect to those doing business there, but also to those importing…
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The ‘Modern Slavery Act’ – What You Need to Know
At Inck, we take our Corporate Social Responsibility seriously, and we are firmly behind any action that improves industry practice. To find out what the recently passed ‘Modern Slavery Act’ might…
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INCK wins the APPA Award! For the Third Year Running.
We are excited, proud and a little bit chuffed to announce that INCK has won an APPA award for our Twining’s In’fuse Water Bottle. The award, for best entrant in…
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Hate for the Plate – When Branded Merchandise Backfires
They say size matters, but when it comes to regulating portion size, it can spell big trouble for your brand. Macy’s department store recently bowed to online pressure to remove…
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How Many Slaves Do You Have? Take The Test
You might not know it, but chances are you have a number of slaves ‘working’ for you. They might have helped make that coffee you ordered this morning. Or that…
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How To Choose The Right Promotional Giveaway
How hard can it be? Pick a product, choose a colour, print your logo on it. And then start giving it away. The problem with this approach is that, in…
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What’s Hot? 4 Promotional Trends for 2019
The promotional products industry is ever evolving and its good to keep an eye on trends. Here are 4 promotional merchandise trends for 2019 from the Inck team! Trend #1:…
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Hazardous Button Batteries; The Importance of Putting Safety First
The ACCC have identified button batteries as a ‘Product Safety Priority for 2019’ after deaths in 2015 and it is believed around 20 children are taken to hospital every week…
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When is Chinese New Year 2019?
Chinese New Year officially begins on February 5th, 2019, and ends on February 19th. Preparations for the New Year begin on January 28th, 2019, and last until New Years Eve (the…
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And the APPA award goes to… Inck again!
We were very excited and proud to work on this Campaign with Frucor and Bamboo Marketing. To be rewarded by APPA for our efforts was an added bonus! APPA 2018…
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Going overboard to give peace-of-mind
There are about 5 to 6 million shipping containers crossing the sea at any one time. And not all of them complete the journey! Sea freight shipment is just one…
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