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Theresa Hegel

  • Executive Editor, Digital Content

Theresa Hegel covers strategy for ASI Media, with a focus on apparel, digital technology and business operations and management. She's won multiple regional and national awards for her writing and reporting.

EPA Orders Testing on PFAS Chemicals

The agency is requiring 3M and other companies to test a specific forever chemical used...

The Bright Side: Eversole Run Donates Over $200K in New Polos to Goodwill

The Columbus, OH-based promotional products supplier says it was their largest-ever cha...

How Casual Style Became the Foundation of Fashion

Workplace shifts, generational differences and the quest for comfort have all played a ...

New York Bans PFAS Chemicals in Apparel

The ban follows in the footsteps of a similar state law that passed in California in Se...

FTC Seeks Comment on Revised ‘Green Guides’

It’s the first time in a decade that the guides, which help marketers avoid greenwashin...

Gildan Publishes First Stand-Alone Climate Change Disclosure Report

The report is meant to help the manufacturer of apparel basics increase its resilience ...

The Bright Side: Charles River Donates to Christmas in City Event

In addition to employees volunteering their time over the holidays, the Top 40 supplier...

Top 10 of 2022: Features & Fun

Throughout the year, ASI Media’s editors attempted to answer some of the promo industry...

Promo Promises: Sustainability Resolutions for 2023

Members of the Promo for the Planet advisory board share their thoughts about the posit...

3M to Exit PFAS Chemical Manufacturing by End of 2025

The parent company of Top 40 supplier 3M/Promotional Markets said the move is in respon...

CIC Aims To Be Carbon Negative by 2030

The Top 40 distributor says it plans to achieve the goal through a combination of energ...

Cimpress Releases First ESG Report

The Top 40 distributor reported a 33% reduction in Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissio...

Rounding Up the Best Holiday Branded Merch

Just about every product and service out there has its own logoed ugly sweater these days.

Garyline Plans Move to Florida From the Bronx

The Top 40 supplier’s parent company will be leasing part of a building being construct...

Case Study: How a Custom Inflatable House Built Awareness for Habitat for Humanity

Florida-based distributor Marketing Bar helped the Pensacola branch of the home-buildin...

5 Tips for Attracting – and Retaining – Boomerang Employees

Though some executives are skeptical of a former worker’s loyalty, there are a lot of b...

EverythingBranded Partners With Sow Easy

The distributor will offer the popular U.K.-based promotional plant products to the Nor...

Q&A: How Technology Can Streamline Orders

Dave Kneram, vice president of information technology at iPROMOTEu, talks about the imp...

Staples Promotional Products Launches Sustainable Procurement Platform

The Top 40 distributor is using EcoVadis to assess and rank the sustainability of its v...

Essent Working To Rebuild After Encryption Attack

The business management platform has been able to get many of its supplier and distribu...

4 Ways to Make Pantone’s Color of the Year Work

Viva Magenta, a “nuanced crimson red tone,” could be deployed in a number of promotiona...

The Bright Side: Cooley Group Donates $10,000 on Giving Tuesday

The distributorship’s donations will benefit a range of nonprofits in New York state.

How a Non-Tipping Can Cooler Is Cleaning Coastal Waters

Toadfish, a retail brand offered in the industry by TD Fischer, donates a portion of ea...

Jute Bags Bring Style to Sustainability

The biodegradable, natural material requires fewer resources to grow than cotton, and i...

Google Enhances AR Shopping Features

The online search giant has a feature that lets shoppers experience 3D-renderings of po...