“What new products do you have?” – a question we are always asked! Making sure your brand or campaign has the latest give-aways will delight customers and show you’re ahead of your competitors.
The start of the year brings a whole load of new products to the promotional merchandise market. We’ve already visited PSI in Dusseldorf to see some of the latest products and trends. The team will also be visiting Merchandise World later in February to bring back loads of product ideas to share with our customers.
With so many new products launched in every product category, what’s the best product to use for your brand or campaign? With the help of the BPMA who have announced their Product Awards Winners for 2020 we’ve put together a handy guide to the product award winners and other stand out products from each category that will really make your brand or campaigns stand out!
So, without further ado, here are the winners of the 2020 British Promotional Merchandise Association Product Awards...
Desk Product of the Year
Platinum: Mood Duo Notebook
A luxurious, soft-feel PU covered notebook with 23 different colour choices. Each notebook comes with FSC certified paper, this stylish notebook gives your brand a professional appearance while keeping on top of those all-important notes.
Gold: Xoopar iLo Mini Hub
With 3 USB slots and a slot for the new USB-C this hub can handle up to four devices at once. Making it the perfect desk product for charging and data transfer.
Silver: Xoopar iLo Wireless Dock
Wireless charging never looked so good! This dock has an internal mood light to stand out on the desk. It’s powered by USB and has two charging positions.
Executive Product of the Year
Platinum: ZENS 3 in 1 Wireless Charger
A luxurious, soft-feel PU covered notebook with 23 different colour choices. Each notebook comes with FSC certified paper, this stylish notebook gives your brand a professional appearance while keeping on top of those all-important notes.
Gold: Square Column Award
We couldn’t do a run-down of award winners without including an actual award. This award has a mixture of clear and white optical glass giving perfect clarity. It has a wide range of decoration options, so you’ll get the perfect finish for your brand. Options include sandblast engraving, colour printing, and 2D or 3D subsurface engraving.
Silver: Sandringham Leather Flight Bag
An executive gift that you can add your corporate colours to the trim or reflect your customer's branding. Order from as low as 25 units and have a retail corporate branded backpack in just 8 weeks
Eco Product of the Year
Platinum: BioD Notebook
A notebook with a multi-use jacket made from a leather-look material, it can biodegrade in just 180 days in compostable conditions. The notebook itself is made from 100% post-consumer waste.
Gold: OkoBrella Bamboo AC Midsize
This umbrella screams sustainable, with bamboo made parts including the shaft, spike, and handle. The canopy is made from recycled plastic creating an oeko-tex polyester high-quality windproof canopy.
Silver: Recycled Cotton Bag
Taking recycled cotton from post-consumer fabric (t-shirts & bags) it’s turned into a useful 5oz shopping bag. Using these unwanted fabrics demonstrates the circular economy and prevents the fabric from going to landfill.
Promotional Bag of the Year
Platinum: Marco Polo
With an array of hidden pockets this bag is perfect for work and a busy lifestyle. There’s plenty of room for a 15” laptop and all your other possessions, there’s even a USB port to keep your devices charged and connected.
Gold: Recycled PET Drawstring Bag
This bag can be printed all over thanks to its edge to edge full colour print method, giving your brand maximum impact! The bag also has an eco-angle as it’s made from 100% recycled PET.
Silver: Bethersden Anti-Theft Backpack
Stop thieves getting to those all-important items or documents. This backpack has a range of built in anti-theft measures keeping those items safe, the bag is also environmentally friendly being made from recycled plastic bottles.
Most Innovative Product of the Year
Platinum: Xooper UV YoYo Speaker
This popular Bluetooth speaker has been given a stylish upgrade with a special UV coating! Put the speaker in artificial light and it’s just a standard white speaker. But in daylight it turns purple! The stronger the daylight the deeper the purple, perfect to giveaway at outdoor summer events.
Gold: MiLi Wireless Table Mate
Wireless charging but discreetly. Using advanced wireless technology this charger is fitted under a desk or table and will charge your devices through the table.
Silver: New Full Colour Transfer Printing
This new printing method revolutionises full colour print. Previously customers had noticed transfer prints looking a little bit plastic and flat. This new method removes the plastic look and makes the print really stand out!
Pocket Product of the Year
Platinum: Xoopar INE Power Wallet
The slimmest charging wallet around, able to protect your cards thanks to RFID technology and charge your devices with a built in super slim 3000mAh powerbank. Available in real leather finish or Vegan PU leather for the eco conscious brand or campaign.
Gold: NFC Ready 3-in-1 LED Cable
A multi-function charging cable with the additional feature of NFC functionality. This charger combines fast charging, light-up branding and the NFC functionality to create the ultimate multi use promotional item.
Silver: Correction Roller
There’s a new type of correction product that is better for the environment all-round! This correction tape is made from recycled PET and is the only correction tape on the market made from recycled materials.
Most Innovative Product of the Year
Platinum: Edible Logo Chocolate
A smartphone sized chocolate bar with a full colour edible print. It also comes in a range of shapes and sizes, from 4cm squares to an iPad sized bar of chocolate...yummy!
Gold: Mini Egg Carton
A miniature take on the traditional egg box. Containing 6 mini milk chocolate eggs with a delicious creme crunch filling. The egg box can be personalised with a digitally printed sleeve.
Silver: Mini Mint Cremes
This box of mint cremes are UK made and its packaging is FSC certified. Branding is available to the whole box in full colour giving huge potential for campaign and brand messaging.
Promotional Pen of the Year
Platinum: Podir QS Stone
This pen is made from a special material enriched with minerals which reduces the amount of plastic used in the pens casing by 60%. A perfect sustainable alternative for your brand.
Gold: Bamboo Phone Up
More than just a pen, it’s also a phone holder and stylus. Combine that with a sustainable bamboo barrel it’s a multi-use item with an eco-edge.
Silver: Senator Liberty B
The ever-popular Liberty pen is now available in bioplastic. Made from renewable raw materials, it's the perfect pen for conscious brand presentation.
Technology Product of the Year
Platinum: Molik Powerbank Earphone
These Bluetooth earphones are presented in a matching case with a built in 5200mAh power bank and wireless charging capability. When on the go and you’ve run out of battery recharge the headphones in the case via a USB port.
Gold: Tech Safety Kit
Is your tech protected? This pack contains a range of items to protect your tech such as a webcam cover, associate your brand with protection and trust when giving this out to customers.
Silver: Explorer USB Travel Adaptor
This travel adaptor meets the latest British Standard including safety features to stop little fingers getting trapped, or poking things inside the plug. It’s also available in 4 different colours.
Textile Product of the Year
Platinum: CustomisableSoftshell Gilet
With its sublimated print method there’s endless design opportunities and 100% coverage to the outer for maximum brand impact. It’s also shower resistant and windproof with a microfibre lining.
Gold: Recycled PET Drawstring Bag
Not only a Gold winner for Promotional Bag of the Year, this bag also takes home the Gold award in this category.
Silver: Aqua Active Range
Make the most of a huge branding area and full colour edge to edge printing as standard. These cosy heavyweight blankets can be branded with your company logo in just 7 days!
Drinkware Product of the Year
Platinum: ColourFusion Eveo-Therm Bottle
This popular shaped bottle combined with a branding technique that adds a wow factor and maximises impact for your brand. The bottle also keeps drinks hot for up to 12 hours and cold for 24. Reduce single use plastic by using this bottle as your next water bottle giveaway.
Gold: Aqua Active Range
UK made sports water bottle, it’s 100% BPA Free so great for that eco conscious brand or campaign. Available in a range of colours and finishes to give your brand a truly unique bottle.
Siver: Pokito Collapsible Cup
This popular shaped bottle combined with a branding technique that adds a wow factor and maximises impact for your brand. The bottle also keeps drinks hot for up to 12 hours and cold for 24. Reduce single use plastic by using this bottle as your next water bottle giveaway.
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