spotlight on: Tommy Hilfiger

I'm so excited that Tommy Hilfiger has entered the corporate market. With the nautical flare they are known for, Tommy speaks loudly to both the modern and the traditional which are under your umbrella. It is their first year, and I think they've done an excellent job at selecting key pieces that will work for your market.

Tommy Hilfiger Ace Polo

Tommy Hilfiger Clinton Shirt

Tommy Hilfiger Linton Jacket

Tommy Hilfiger Lionel Vest

Recommended branding is subtle, meaning that your clients and employees will wear this both on and off the clock, day and day again.

Let's give Tommy a warm welcome to our wonderful corporate world!

What do you colours say? Part Deux

Colours draw me in, my eye just seems to gravitate towards them - I'm sure yours does too. Which can only mean your clients does! Ahh logic on a Friday morning, nothing beats it.

Let's play with colour today!

my favourite new product! the softspout water bottle w/ a silicone sipper!

inspire nostalgia w/ Lifesavers!

custom microfiber cleaning cloth that screams whatever message you'd like it to!

sticky spiral book, a must have for the desktop

can't wait to wash my car in the summer with this custom sublimated chamois

a brave colour choice, compliments of Fila

mmmmmmm...m&m's....

this toy watch can spruce up the greyest of days and the blackest of outfits!

Your turn! What are your favourite colourful items this season?

What do your colours say?

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Ask us how to incorporate more colours into your branding (without even changing your corporate colours)! Promise, you will love what we have to recommend.

Eye Spy with my Little I

Something that is awesome!

The temperature at which wine is served can have a dramatic impact on its
taste. Our stainless steel wine thermometer makes sure that the serving
temperature for your wine will be correct. The thermometer clips around
any standard size 750ml wine bottle and displays the temperature on the
easy to read illuminated scale. Use the guide printed on the thermometer
to check champagne, sparkling wine, sweet white wine, aperitifs, rose,
chianti, dry white wine, very dry sherry, medium sherry, burgundy, cream
sherry, claret, and port.

Cheers to that.

we heart bbq's

When we go on vacations around here, we go on the hunt for hot sauces. We like to get them, we like to give them, we like to keep our fridges fully stocked with a minimum of 3 types.

BBQ Sauce, Sweet Chili Sauce and Seasonings are great to give away:

• at tradeshows
• company BBQ's
• with street teams at summer concerts and sporting events
• as employee incentives
• to your clients and customers

seasonings!

bbq / sweet chili sauce

get on board

This last weekend I had the chance to get up to Honey Harbour to a friends island. Water sports were plentiful up around the islands. It's time to get on board!

skimboard

wakeboard

bodyboard

eva foam surfboard

and of course we wouldn't be canadian if we didn't pump you up for...

the almighty snowboard!

the heat factor

Here in Toronto, we are just beginning the heat wave. It's hot and we're glad to be in an air conditioned office, we feel for those working outside in this. Tomorrow might even be the hottest day recorded in Toronto. Ever!

With all of this heat on our minds, it's got us thinking about how to add some to your promotions. Enter retail image. We like to crack open boxes, we like to rip through the packaging, this is proven every birthday and Christmas!

Here are just a few ways that we can attach that excited feeling to your brand:

t-shirt, all wrapped up!

add your item to this custom card!

pizza cutter in a little pizza box!

gifting mugs

We'll chat soon about the many possibilities :)

Life Saver

One of the Insinc team members just came back from sunny and beautiful Negril. Working in an industry where this fine product is available, she was disappointed to discover it days after having to unplug televisions and lamps just to use the hair straighter and iPod speaker. This little guy would have left room in her overweight suitcase for the 10 bottles of hot sauce she brought back. Imagine the thank-you's your clients will give you when you save them from having to get ready for a-la-carte dinner in the dark. You're welcome.

As low as $10.25!

How Much Water Should You Drink Today?

I want to share this link with you - it's a 30 second quiz that will help you determine how much water you should drink today. Neato!

http://nutrition.about.com/library/blwatercalculator.htm

why you should care about trends

Let's say you're targeting young adult women. Would it be more effective to giveaway a boxy cotton t with a one-colour imprint of your brand's logo? Or to give them a lightweight, fitted burnout t-shirt with a tattoo-inspired design a la Ed Hardy? The latter, of course!



Bottom Line: You have to apply trends to promotions to evoke responses: hot fashion, societal direction or the economic movement.

Source: Advantages Magazine, "Maximize Promotions with Trend Tracking" by Tonia Cook Kimbrough