Event Recap: The Future of Branded Merchandise – What You Missed & What’s Next
We recently hosted Merchandise Magic 2025 – The Future of Marketing at the Leonardo Hotel in Cheltenham, and it was a day full of creativity, conversation, and cutting-edge promotional merchandise ideas. To everyone who joined us—thank you! And to those who couldn’t make it, we’ve pulled together the highlights so you don’t miss a thing. … Continue Reading
The truth behind ordering your own branded merchandise: 7 myths debunked
Ordering promotional merchandise is easy, isn’t it. Pop promotional pens or branded A5 notebook into your chosen search engine and you won’t be short of results. Click on a few links, look at the options available, see who is cheapest, upload your logo, make your payment and it’s all sorted. Simple as they say. So … Continue Reading
Our top trends and promotional product picks for 2023
Team M&M recently attended Merchandise World – the UK’s largest promotional merchandise trade exhibition. It’s the perfect opportunity to catch up with our contacts and suppliers AND to get both a glimpse at and our hands on the latest, hottest and must have products for the coming year. Just think of the goodie bags we … Continue Reading
Our top 10 promotional pen ideas for 2023
It’s no surprise that promotional pens are such a popular choice for anyone ordering branded merchandise. They are useful, portable and a very cost-effective way to increase brand exposure. It’s a pretty sure bet that your clients will have at least one promotional pen either in their hand right now, on their desk or in … Continue Reading
Best in show branded merchandise for your next exhibition
Merchandise, giveaways, freebies – whatever you call them, branded promotional products are synonymous with events and trade shows. After all, who doesn’t love a goody bag. However, hands up if you have you ever left an exhibition with a big bag of goodies, then either left it in the car (in the boot of doom) … Continue Reading
Last minute branded corporate gifts for Christmas 2022
You might be surprised that we are talking about last minute merchandise for Christmas 2022, when it’s only October. It’s snow joke though (sorry) – the festive season is one of the busiest times of year for promotional merchandise, and there isn’t long left at all if ‘order Christmas gifts’ is still on your to … Continue Reading
How to support your values with eco-friendly promotional products
When green or eco-friendly promotional products first emerged, customer choices were extremely limited and the price tags were far less friendly (a lot of it didn’t ‘look’ great either). Fast forward and it’s a very different story. A marked increase in awareness and desire, together with an industry commitment and a healthy dose of innovation, … Continue Reading
Get a head start on Christmas – our pick of 12 promotional products perfect for the festive season.
Christmas is the perfect time to say a big ‘thank you’ to your valued teams and customers – and a carefully chosen, useful or relevant gift can surprise and delight the lucky recipient. No surprises there. But with festive season being one of the busiest periods for the promotional merchandise industry, what might surprise you … Continue Reading
10 promotional products made from things you might not expect…
Bottles into bags, stone into paper and coffee cups into, well coffee cups. What is going on? An ever increasing growth in demand for eco and sustainable products and a drive from the BPMA to promote recycled and reusable materials, is fuelling innovation in branded merchandise, from products to packaging. In our latest blog, we … Continue Reading
Discover how your promotional products are branded – an easy guide
In the world of branded merchandise, there are various different processes that can be used to apply your logo or messaging – and add that special sparkle to your chosen promotional products. Some you may be familiar with, and some less so, but what do all these terms mean? What do the processes involve and … Continue Reading
Top promotional products and branded merchandise trends for 2022
Trade shows are back and the team recently visited Merchandise World to see all the newest, latest and greatest promotional products, ready to be branded. And what a lot there was to see. As expected, sustainability was a big theme as was technology. So many things caught our eye, but we have collated some of … Continue Reading
