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Brendan Menapace

  • Content Director, Print & Promo Marketing

Brendan is the content director for ASI's Print & Promo Marketing media brand, which brings together the promotional products, apparel, commercial print and product decoration industries. His coverage includes in-depth company and personal profiles, trend pieces, and multimedia content.

The Bright Side: American Solutions for Business Donates $36,000 Worth of Clothing, Necessities to Community

The Glenwood, MN-based Counselor Top 40 distributor had a landmark year as part of its ...

ASI Orlando 2025: Top Hard Goods Trends

The show offered plenty of ideas and inspiration across categories like drinkware, writ...

ASI Orlando 2025: 6 Print Trends From the Show Floor

Paper products, sustainability, decoration and data: A look at print’s place at the pro...

ASI Orlando 2025: 4 Major Product Trends for 2025

Counselor Top 40 supplier PCNA offered up ideas for appealing to buyers based on statis...

ASI Orlando 2025: The Value in Print for Promo Distributors

Adding print can help promo distributors reach more customers and become full-service p...

ASI Orlando 2025: How To ‘Flex’ Your Sales Style

Mimi Brown of AMP Up Success discussed how identifying personality traits can help dist...

Top 10 of 2024: Print Stories

The “print industry” covers a lot of ground. Here are some of the biggest stories from ...

Promo Lessons From the Golden Globes Swag Bag Worth $1 Million

This year’s gift bag is a real bag that uses trendy branding and even finds space for p...

Olivia Rodrigo Is Back With Another Immersive Experience

This time, the singer has partnered with Sony and the New York MTA to take over a whole...

Canadian Lawmakers Want Compostable Produce Stickers

Officials in British Columbia say the vinyl stickers commonly used on produce can conta...

The Bright Side: HanesBrands Celebrates 15 Years of Hanes For Good Program

The apparel supplier has donated more than 6 million articles of clothing to unhoused p...

Vantage Apparel Adds Direct-to-Film Capabilities to All U.S. Locations

The Counselor Top 40 supplier is bringing direct-to-film decoration to its locations in...

NBA Star Drops Lawsuit Against Merch Seller Using His Nickname

The San Antonio Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama had taken James Glodich to court after numerou...

S&S Activewear Names Eric Levin GM of Prime Line Division

The industry veteran will manage the hard goods business segment for the Counselor Top ...

The Bright Side: Jeffrey Klein Ribbon Designs to Celebrate 100 Years in February

The company’s fourth-generation leader speaks on adapting to change and focusing on wha...

Sabrina Carpenter’s Coffee Shop Pop-Ups Have Experiential Marketing Takeaways for Promo Pros

The “Espresso” singer teamed up with Cash App for three branded events in New York, Chi...

Starline Forms New Partnership With Pro Towels

The Counselor Top 40 supplier’s latest collaboration includes Pro Towels’ full line of ...

NASA Is Deftly Using Branded Merch To Build Buzz Around Its Artemis Program

The chicly designed apparel and accessories are helping stoke public interest in forthc...

ASI VP Appears on ‘Today Show’ Segment on the Resurgence of Print Catalogs

ASI Media’s coverage of the return of print catalogs caught the eye of one of the bigge...

What Is ‘Chaos Packaging’ & How Can You Use It in Your Next Promo Campaign?

It’s time to literally think outside the box (or can, or bottle).

Sherwin-Williams’ ‘Color Capsule of the Year’ Seeks To Create Design Inspiration

The paint brand selected nine colors to make a design lookbook. Print and promo pros ca...

Promotional Cigar Lighters Recalled Due to Lack of Child Safety Measures, Testing

The lighters were given out at retail locations and cigar lounges from 2022 to 2024.

Victor Wembanyama Sues Seller Who Ignored Cease & Desist Letters & Actions Over ‘Wemby’ Products

James Glodich started the “Wemby’s World” website just before Wembanyama’s NBA debut, l...

Fluid Branding & Haute Combine To Form Brand Revolution

The two firms will now operate globally as a multi-faceted branding solutions provider.

Counselor Power 50 2024: No. 37, Susan Drenning, Taylor Corporation

Welcome to the 2024 Counselor Power 50 list , which ranks the most influential...