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Show your support for Breast Cancer Awareness.

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness month. So it is a great time to show your support and increase awareness.

According to the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in women. The American Cancer Society (ACS) estimates that 182,460 new cases of invasive breast cancer will occur among women in the United States during 2008, with approximately 1,990 new cases expected in men.

There are several ways you can show your support and increase awareness with pink products courage wellness, good … Continue Reading

Calendars and Planners Hang Around All Year Long!

It’s time to start planning for 2009! First on the agenda are Custom Promotional Calendars and Planners. The prime time to order is September through October.

The sooner you get them, the sooner they will be daily reminders to loyal customers and sales prospects. People enjoy receiving calendar gifts that they can hang on the wall, place in there pockets or bags, or use on their desks. They are popular promotional gifts because they offer year round advertising.

Garrett Specialties offers a wide selection. There are the classic Wall Calendars, Design Your Own Calendars, Magnet and Press-n-Stick Calendars, Desk/Wall Mouse Paper Calendars, … Continue Reading

Grow Your Business with Promotional Products

It’s no news flash that the economy has gone bad. Sales are down and costs are rising. So what do you do to grow your business?

Those who are apprehensive quickly reduce spending in order to cut costs. Reducing expenses is good business practice if you make sensible decisions. Inopportunely, advertising budgets are often the first to decrease. Companies who don’t continue to fund promotions will decrease advertising noise to the advantage of those who do. Businesses who invest will stand out. Promote your business with customized advertising specialties and you will experience the reward.

Research shows that advertising using promotional products … Continue Reading

Skull Stress Ball – a no brainer!

Today’s challenging economy is frightening. So with Halloween just around the corner spook up sales with creative and unique promotions. These Promotional Gifts for Halloween have the appeal you are looking for.

Lux, a global creative and technological solutions provider, was looking for a giveaway for a swag heavy show. After browsing garrettspecialties.com they found the new Skull Stress Ball. It was a no brainer being that Halloween is a favorite Lux holiday. “They were perfect. They were fun, had a nice white surface for printing our two color logo on…” It is an item people will keep and use on … Continue Reading

BPA Free Sports Bottles

According to a new study released yesterday from the Journal of the American Medical Association, adults with high levels of BPA in their bodies may be at a higher risk for developing heart disease, diabetes, and liver problems. However, the FDA says “products containing BPA currently on the market are safe and that exposure levels . . . are below those that may cause health effects. It may not be something we need to worry about but it is a good idea to make health risk preventable decisions. So for you next promotion consider giving Eco-Friendly BPA Free Sport Bottles. Your … Continue Reading

Custom Stress Balls – UPS Widget

The UPS Widget stress ball is a wonderful example of how to use custom promotional stress balls as part of your ad campaign. The Widget character was created for the launch of a downloadable desk-top application (a.k.a. widget) that allows users to track packages and link to UPS services in Europe.

This cute little guy grabs attention. Don’t you want to just squeeze him? Luckily he’s a stress ball.

That’s why stress balls are so effective. They are hands-on promotions and they usually sit on one’s desk promoting your company all day long.

The number of unique imprinted stress relievers that Garrett Specialties … Continue Reading

Mobile Phone Accessories

Now is one of the best times to use Imprinted Promotional Cell Phone Accessories. Especially those for Smartphones. It was reported today that the sale of Smartphones during the first half of this year had increased by 84% as compared to the same time last year. That means more people have access to the Internet and Email anytime and anywhere.

So why not use something like the Cell Mate to promote your company and website. Oh, and of course you would have your phone number imprinted on it too.

This hot item uses a patented material to hold your cell phone, BlackBerry … Continue Reading