When Retail Crosses Over to Promotional Products

Attract more consumers with retail branded items!

retail brand puffer jackets

Buying retail brands for promotional products has become a popular trend in the industry because they offer brand recognition, quality and durability, a wide range of products, perceived value, and cost-effective options and increased brand visibility.

Retail brands that are used as promotional products are already well-established and recognizable, which can make them an effective way to promote a company or message. When a customer or client sees a retail promo item that they are already familiar with, they may be more likely to pay attention to the message or branding associated with the product. This can help to increase the effectiveness of the promotional campaign and help to build trust and credibility with the customer or client.

Many retail brands have experience and expertise in creating a wide range of products that are high-quality and durable, which can help to ensure that the promotional products will be well-received by the recipients and last a long time. Using a well-known retail brand in the promotional products industry can add perceived value to the product, people might see it as a premium or high-quality item, which in turn reflects positively on the company that gave it away.

If you want your brand to be associated with good brand loyalty and reputation that more popular retail brands have built, here are the best retail brands for your next promotional campaign.

1. SkullCandy

Dubbed the creator of “the world’s coolest ear bud,” SkullCandy is now among the top audio brands in the world. Its products were initially geared towards the outdoor action sports demographic and general consumer market. It has now expanded into the premium audio market. Aside from being sold through retailers, SkullCandy products are commonly used by businesses as part of their employee incentive programmes

skull candy headphones
skull candy headphones branded

2. Moleskine

Used by many popular authors and artists, Moleskine notebooks are among the best in the world. Its notebooks are luxury and niche quality, hence their higher price point and perceived value. Giving them away as employee rewards and corporate gifts will ensure that your brand will make a good impression on your recipients.

embossed moleskine notebook
moleskine black notebook with pen
white moleskine notebook

3. Titleist

If you’re a golfer, you’ll know Titleist is a household brand in the golfing community. Titleist creates various golf equipment, such as golf balls, caps, bags, and more. If you’re planning to organise golf tournaments and invite your valued clients and staff, Titleist items make for good prizes and equipment.

titleist golf ball pack
titleist cap
titleist backpack

4. Camelbak

Adventurers are no strangers to the CamelBak brand. Since 1989, it has been manufacturing outdoor equipment and more popularly, hydration such as water bottles and hydration items. Camelbak had an interesting story: They initially developed outdoor sports hydration items, but it eventually grew in popularity in the US military during the Gulf War until the Afghanistan War.

Over the years, the brand has developed pioneering hydration technologies to keep the bottles and drink taste-free, maintain the drink temperature, and prevent leakage. These features make Camelbak drinkware good corporate gifts and promo giveaways. They also make premium-quality bags for on-the-go digital adventurers. As they are premium items, they come with lifetime guarantees which ensure that your promo merchandise will be used for years.

camlebak backpack
camelbak drink bottle
camelbak camping mugs

5. BLUNT

With its unique patented design, BLUNT is a global brand that creates distinct umbrellas that are designed to be reinforced and withstand strong gales of wind. Aside from their sleek design, their umbrellas also come in different trendy colours to provide a good branding opportunity for your company.

2 blunt umbrellas
black and navy blunt umbrellas

6. AS Colour

AS Colour is a locally made brand that designs and manufactures organic clothing that’s GOTS-certified and abides by the guidelines of the Better Cotton Initiative. Don’t be fooled by their simple designs, there’s so much more than that. They also place importance on the details and high quality.

When you’re looking for high-quality and sustainably and ethically made staff uniforms and promo giveaways, you can find them in AS Colour.

AS Colour hoodie
AS colour t-shirt
AS colour baby clothes

7. Luxury Brand Pens (Parker, Schaeffer, & Pierre Cardin)

Executive pens are tried-and-tested corporate gifts that exude luxury and professionalism. They are designed to impress, especially if they came from popular luxury pen-makers such as Parker, Schaeffer, and Pierre Cardin. These are some of the most recognised and respected luxury pen brands in the world.

luxury pen and case
executive pen
group of quality pens and case

Go the retail route in your upcoming promotions!

Choosing retail products for your next promotional campaign will improve brand recognition and loyalty. Let us design your upcoming promotions by filling out our quick questionnaire. We’ll get back to you with custom recommendations and a quote.