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ESOP Life: Custom Swag for Empowering Employee-Owner Culture
Since becoming an ESOP company in 2020, we’ve found that carefully curated company swag plays a key role in nurturing a vibrant employee-owner culture. For the first time, we reveal our tried-and-true strategies for making swag a cornerstone of engagement initiatives to foster a deep sense of pride and community within our employee-owned organization.
Gifts for Employees to Keep Cool This Summer
Have a sunshine-filled event on your workplace horizon? As we feel the heat turning up, we also see the rising demand for out-of-office retreats and company off-sites. CreativeMC has the perfect warm weather gifts to help your team stay cool and collected with branded swag that will keep the memories alive longer than any summer fling.
Top 10 Corporate Gifts: Crowd-Favorites from Our Spring Trunk Show 2024
We hosted our second trunk show at the swanky, members-exclusive spot, The Battery Club in San Francisco, to showcase an abundant lineup of the trendiest corporate gifts from our top promotional product vendors. Get ready for a rundown of the crowd’s favorite picks, standout goodies, and all the juicy details!
Top 4 Tips for Going Global with Your Swag Program
We’re often asked how to efficiently extend a U.S. branded merchandise program to other regions worldwide while maintaining consistency and quality. As the only industry leader with operations in the U.S. and Europe, we turned to our own swag gurus for their Top 4 tips.
Swag by Audience
Burst out of your bubble. Holiday 2023 ushers in the next wave of the post-COVID era: Liberated from insularity, we eagerly embrace human connection and unfiltered self-expression. And yet the uneasy age of AI also leaves us sifting for fakery. It’s maximalism at its sincerest, in this season’s trends!
Swag by Type
Our pets are the unsung heroes of our lives in self-quarantine. Help your colleagues and customers celebrate them by sending a gift box of pet treats and products.
Swag by Theme
We applaud and revel in the amazing accomplishments of our Hispanic and Latin colleagues and communities not only during Hispanic Heritage Month but also throughout the year. See how our team weaves these cultures into CreativeMC’s day-to-day experiences and through our Brand Stylists’ creations for ERGs in our client companies.
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ESOP Life: Custom Swag for Empowering Employee-Owner Culture
Since becoming an ESOP company in 2020, we’ve found that carefully curated company swag plays a key role in nurturing a vibrant employee-owner culture. For the first time, we reveal our tried-and-true strategies for making swag a cornerstone of engagement initiatives to foster a deep sense of pride and community within our employee-owned organization.
Brand New Company Swag ideas from our September 2024 Swag Style Edit
The wait is over—our first-ever Swag Style Edit has landed in subscribers' offices! If you missed the launch of our new exclusive quarterly sample subscription program, here's your peek into what’s inside. Inspired by our clients’ desire to have early access to new, standout brands and products, this program delivers a hands-on, front-row look at the best in swag.
Gifts for Employees to Keep Cool This Summer
Have a sunshine-filled event on your workplace horizon? As we feel the heat turning up, we also see the rising demand for out-of-office retreats and company off-sites. CreativeMC has the perfect warm weather gifts to help your team stay cool and collected with branded swag that will keep the memories alive longer than any summer fling.
Top 10 Corporate Gifts: Crowd-Favorites from Our Spring Trunk Show 2024
We hosted our second trunk show at the swanky, members-exclusive spot, The Battery Club in San Francisco, to showcase an abundant lineup of the trendiest corporate gifts from our top promotional product vendors. Get ready for a rundown of the crowd’s favorite picks, standout goodies, and all the juicy details!
Top 5 Swag Trends That Will Define Brands in 2024
Fresh off our most significant industry event, our Brand Stylists are armed with the latest innovations and ideas that promise to keep you ahead of the style curve. Here are our top 5 trends that we think will dominate swag this year.
Top 3 Swag Ideas for Black History Month
February is Black History Month. Creating swag that promotes representation also facilitates understanding, appreciation, and respect for the culture and contributions of BIPOC employees and partners. Continue reading to uncover three ways to deliver a powerful brand message for Black History Month through swag.
2024 Predictions in Corporate Swag Trends
Get ahead of the pack by tapping into the Top 8 trends that our brand stylists anticipate in the world of swag for 2024. We've consulted our insider connections and conducted thorough research on economic and corporate culture shifts to craft these forecasts.
The Ultimate Holiday Swag Cheat Sheet: Planning Holiday Gifts for Employees and Clients
Getting your holiday plans together for your employee and client gifts is essential. It’s a strategic approach that ensures you can access the best corporate gift options, allows time for customization, and minimizes stress for both gift givers and recipients.
Empowering Hispanic and Latin Businesses at CreativeMC
We applaud and revel in the amazing accomplishments of our Hispanic and Latin colleagues and communities not only during Hispanic Heritage Month but also throughout the year. See how our team weaves these cultures into CreativeMC’s day-to-day experiences and through our Brand Stylists’ creations for ERGs in our client companies.
Choices, Changes, and Champions: Inside CreativeMC’s Holiday 2023 Lookbook
Themed Burst out of Your Bubble, our 2023 Holiday Lookbook offers an impressive collection of holiday gift options that will not only make your customers and colleagues feel valued but will also set the tone for a successful return to the office, holiday parties, and other in-person events. Here’s an inside look at what drove our choices and changes in this lookbook – from design to products to the causes we championed.
Wellness at Work: Promotional Products that Promote Self Care All Year
National Wellness Month may be recognized in August, but the fact is wellness is a year-round necessity. Wellness products are an enduring staple for corporate gifts and a top choice for promotional products. We’ll dive into the wellness economy and the value of workplace wellness, and in recognition of our own dedication to self-care, we’ll share some of our team’s personal favorites.
Pride Month: Reflecting on and Supporting LGBTQ+ History
CreativeMC’s headquarters is in San Francisco, California, a city rooted in history with the Castro, an internationally recognized neighborhood that is known as the center of the LGBTQ+ universe. Just like our incredible city, CreativeMC is determined to be a company that supports change and continues to champion equality for all.
Reporting from Spring Trunk Show & Happy Hour 2023
We hosted our first-ever trunk show to showcase some of our favorite vendors and their latest products that make the perfect corporate gifts for our clients. We’re here to bring you a report of our favorite moments, standout products, and more.
AAPI Heritage Month: Celebrating Our Own Team’s Voices
This AAPI Heritage Month, we are highlighting the incredible Asian American team members of CreativeMC. With an AAPI presence in every department, we’re excited for you to meet who we are behind the scenes and learn about what Asian and Pacific Islander heritage means to each of us.
Earth Day 2023: Divert Corporate Swag from Landfill Through Our New Partnership With SwagCycle
This Earth Day, we are launching a partnership with SwagCycle to help divert promotional products from landfill through charitable donations and/or recycling/upcycling. The first 20 people to sign up for a demo of the latest addition to our sustainable initiatives receive a special Earth Day swag collection of sustainable products.
The Making of the Spring/Summer 2023 Lookbook
Our Spring/Summer 2023 Lookbook has arrived, and we’re pulling back the curtain to reveal CreativeMC’s extensive process behind the curation and selection of the latest seasonal trends and branded promotional products. Our blog will give you a never-before-seen look at the secret sauce that produces our unique point of view on corporate swag styles that our clients anticipate and appreciate each season.
How Corporate Swag Choices Can Impact the Future of Black & BIPOC Businesses
Black and BIPOC founders must overcome hurdles white entrepreneurs don’t experience in order to reach the same level of financial success. With consumers and employees demanding more support for and investment in these founders, our swag industry and our clients can make a difference by prioritizing promoting and purchasing black-owned brands.
New Product Arrivals Meet Trends in 2023
Early in the new year, our team touched down in Las Vegas for PPAI Expo 2023 – our industry’s largest trade show with more than a thousand domestic and international brand exhibitors and tens of thousands of promotional products. Learn what our experts' favorite products were, what some of the biggest trends were at the show, and more!
2023 Predictions in Corporate Swag Trends
Are you looking for a fresh take on your 2023 promotional products? Tap into the trends that our brand stylists see coming in swag. We’ve talked to our sources plus done our due diligence on economic and corporate culture trends to put together our Top 8 predictions for the new year. Dive in and get inspired!
An Inside Look: Why Sustainability Is Corporate Swag’s Hottest Trend
The corporate swag industry is going green, now more than ever, as an eco-friendly promotional product choice has shifted from a nice-to-have to a must-have. Planet-friendly practices are foundational to CreativeMC’s ethos, so we’re sharing what we’ve learned on our environmental journey, along with 4 tips on how our partners can help us help the Earth!
Holiday Countdown: Top 3 Tips for Corporate Gifting
As stylish corporate gifts are one of our specialties at CreativeMC, we turned to our team of experts for their Top 3 Tips for a seamless holiday gifting experience – from sourcing and designing swag to packaging and worldwide delivery.
Holiday 2022 Corporate Gift Trends
It’s time to gift your special clients and colleagues top-of-the-line branded promotional products. Whether it's an end-of-the-year celebration, team building, holiday party, or any other special occasion we have highlighted some quality corporate swag that’s on trend for this festive season.
How to Welcome New Employees in Style
Onboarding kits, a curated package of branded corporate gifts that welcome new employees to a company, are an opportunity to introduce new recruits to the company’s culture, brand and values. CreativeMC plays an integral role in creating, distributing and managing trendy onboarding kits for our clients globally.
CreativeMC Currents: Fall Vibes in Swag
It’s time for pumpkin flavors, crunchy leaves, fleece hoodies, and stylish beanies. Lisa Gruzas, our Senior Brand Stylist, has all the Fall feels!
Revealing the Benefits of Employee Ownership at CreativeMC
CreativeMC is part of an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP), which enables staff to own the company through shares of stock. A rare employee benefit, ESOPs have proven to drive retention, motivation and productivity. In fostering a culture of collaboration, creativity and transparency, our team also delivers added value for clients.
Stand-Out Swag for Trade Shows and Corporate Events
From events like Dreamforce to industry trade shows, in-person gatherings will be back in full swing this Fall after a two-year COVID hiatus. Make a memorable first impression all over again with fresh, unique swag selections.
Top 4 Tips for Going Global with Your Swag Program
We’re often asked how to efficiently extend a U.S. branded merchandise program to other regions worldwide while maintaining consistency and quality. As the only industry leader with operations in the U.S. and Europe, we turned to our own swag gurus for their Top 4 tips.
Eco-Friendly Brands for Your Sustainable Swag
A commitment to sustainably-made products and a consideration for a brand’s environmental practices are basic, yet crucial tenets of the 21st-century consumer. In a culture stricken by climate anxiety, it is becoming increasingly common for brands to purport an environmentally conscious ethos while making little to no eco-friendly efforts—a marketing phenomenon known as “green-washing”. To discern between brands that green-wash and brands making legitimate commitments to sustainability can be a difficult task.
Top 5 Ways to Give Your Swag Summer Vibes
A very long-awaited summer is in store for us. We’re welcoming road trips, barbeques, sports, days in the park, and relaxing by the water with stylish new swag to match the excitement. Let’s break down the top 5 ways you can give your swag a sizzling, new summer vibe. And don’t miss our Spring and Summer Trends Lookbook for all the latest in quality promotional products.
Dive into Spring/Summer 2022’s Swag Style Trends
The warm season is bursting with a lot more fun in the sun. With clients heading out for travel, participating in activities, and returning back into the office, it’s time to make sure your company swag isn’t left behind.
Must-have brands led by people of color and women
Inspired by Black History Month 2022, we launched an initiative called Brand Together to shine the light on premium and boutique retail brands that are owned or led by underrepresented communities, including BIPOC, AAPI, LGBTQ, and women. We’re committed to expanding our relationships with these companies and introducing them to our clients and partners. They will inspire fresh ideas for your quality promotional products and stylish new swag, while also making a positive impact.
Top 10 Branded Swag Categories for 2022
Entering a new year means it's time to welcome new promotional products arrivals. Our team of Brand Stylists has weighed in on the Top 7 categories that their clients will covet, along with branded swag picks for each. Our 2022 New Arrivals Lookbook breaks it all down by category.
Our 2022 Swag Trends Predictions
When our CreativeMC Brand Stylists huddled to break down their swag predictions for 2022, one clear theme emerged: the “new reality” of life with COVID that impacted business globally in 2021 is here to stay. Past year has inspired our clients to reimagine “the why” of their branded promotional products even more than “the what.”
From Oprah’s “Favorites” List to Your Swag
Oprah’s annual “Favorite Things” list is one of the most revered institutions of the holiday shopping season. Products from many of the trendy brands anointed by Oprah can also be your corporate gifts year-round! With more than 50 retail brand partners, CreativeMC can source these and other premium products to elevate your brand and wow anyone on your gift list.
Curated Gift Sets Available Now
In the 2nd part of our series on curated gift sets, we dive into products for new customers, hot prospects, and trade show attendees.
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Corporate Gift Sets For The Holidays In Stock Now
If you're behind on holiday plans for corporate gifts or gifts for employees, we've got you sorted with curated kits for every price point featuring products in stock now.
Top 4 Holiday Corporate Gift Trends For 2021
Show off the best of your brand for the holidays – whether the occasion is a virtual party, a swag kit for year-end employee recognition, or a sales reward. To keep you on-trend and in style, we’re breaking down the Top 4 2021 Holiday Corporate Gift Trends to jumpstart your swag shopping.
Planning The Perfect Employee Event
Whether your company is returning to the office or looking for a vehicle to drive employee engagement, internal events enable you to showcase your brand culture and build bonds among the staff.
Top 5 Back To Work Kits of 2021
For the big return to work this summer and fall, CreativeMC has the latest promotional products and client gift ideas to energize your employees and celebrate your company culture – while elevating your brand.
Holiday 2020 Corporate Swag Trends Revealed
Tis the season to step up your swag game! 2020 is all about virtual celebrations and mailed gifts, so your branded swag requires a new level of wow factor to stand out with customers, employees, and VIPs.
Top 4 Fall 2020 Style Trends in Branded Promotional Products
Need fresh inspiration for cool corporate swag, gifts for employees, or promotional items for virtual conferences? Our team curated the latest style trends for Fall, and photographed it all in Prague, Czech Republic.
Top 5 Essential Services Offered by Our Distribution and Fulfillment Center
With remote working and virtual events in full force for the foreseeable future, our customers need virtual solutions to pandemic pain points – from nurturing prospects remotely, to engaging employees at home, and shipping to private addresses.
Top 4 Ways to Successfully Brand Your Virtual Events
With coronavirus lurking for the foreseeable future, our clients are reimagining their employee events and customer conferences by taking them online.
NEW! Essential EMPLOYEE CHECKLIST for Safe Workplace Return
In part 2 of our series on planning a safe return to the office after quarantine, we’re focusing on the needs of employees.
NEW! Essential Checklist for Safe Workplace Return
As states begin to lift quarantines, it’s time to plan how we’ll safely return to the office. This impacts both a) how the workplace is set up and b) how employees engage in it.
How to Brand Your Virtual Conference with Cool Corporate Swag
Last week, G20 leaders convened a summit on the COVID-19 pandemic – signalling what’s sure to be the next trend in business: virtual conferences.
Our 3 Favorite Virtual Events to Stay Connected with Colleagues
Over the past week, we’ve heard from companies seeking creative ways to keep their colleagues connected, supported, and uplifted as our collective “new normal” gets real.
Top 3 Employee Gift Ideas for Working at Home during COVID-19
We’re all adjusting to a new reality: work, life, kids… all in one space at home. To help those who matter settle in a little easier, give them a lift with a cool company swag box.