Practice your swing in custom company attire this season

Now that its summertime and golf season is in full swing, it’s also time to spruce up your company’s T-time wear and merchandise. For your next golf outing let us help you promote your business and brand through customized products including our customizable polos, golf tees, golf clubs and more.

 Today branded apparel has become the norm at many golf outings, and networking events. What better way to promote your business than in a visually interesting fashion. 

Custom logoed products and attire can be an easy and fun way to build team spirit in a stylish, comfortable, and functional way. A great option for your golf polos is our Nike Golf Dri-FIT Sport Swoosh Pique Polo.

No matter your style or preference APP provides you in-house embroidery cover name-brand apparel like Port Authority, Columbia, Nike, and Adidas. Visit us at app-co-shopping.com, for a variety of over 500,000 items.  

American Promotional Products Launches Customized Company Web-stores

Looking to offer your employees official company logo-wear, without having to maintain an inventory in-house? APP will create a custom-branded website, with images and descriptions of the products… simply and easily.

American Promotional Products recently created a system that gives companies the ability to have their own, private web-store. You can now offer your employees your official company logo-wear, uniforms and merchandise without having to maintain an inventory. You choose what to offer and APP will create a custom-branded website, with images and descriptions of the products.

Large or small, we can create a store for your company. Want more information on building your own company store? Contact us to create your store now.

American Promotional Products Provides Company-branded Apparel to Boeing South Carolina

Since August 2011, American Promotional Products (APP) has provided Boeing’s South Carolina teammates with embroidered apparel in accordance with the Boeing South Carolina Team Wear program. Polo shirts, dress shirts, sweaters and tee shirts are included in this program.

All garments include the Boeing logo on the front with 787 Dreamliner on the left sleeve and the words “Made with Pride in South Carolina” on the right sleeve. Boeing South Carolina has a Team Wear center located on their campus and APP distributes the garments on a weekly basis.

“We are very proud of our relationship with Boeing and our local fulfillment capabilities made us a perfect fit,” said APP’s Jeff Stauch. “We look forward to serving Boeing’s employees as they continue to bring the pride to South Carolina!”

Memorial Day, Summer and Company Outings

On Memorial Day, we remember the brave men and women of the armed forces who protected our freedom. But, it also marks the beginning of summer – and summer clothes! If you are planning your company’s summer outing, the warm weather gives you different options for venues, team building and internal branding.

Golf outings are among the most popular corporate events each year. Many golf courses have a dress code that includes collared shirts, like the Nike Dri-FIT polo. A great-fitting, comfortable logo golf shirt is a must!

For many, attending a parade held on Memorial Day is part of their celebration. Custom logo apparel encourages solidarity among your employees and within your community. What better way to engage your team and promote your company than giving your employees branded apparel to wear around town.

If you are considering other outdoor activities or events for your company’s summer outing, APP can imprint or embroider your logo, tagline, or team name on it. We have the expertise to accommodate virtually any order - no matter how big or small.

Keeping Active, No Matter Your Age

Time and energy are huge issues with fitness as we age; and it often becomes difficult to balance career and family. Later on, as we may acquire more time, we find we have less energy. Still, it's essential to make time for physical activity. Regular exercise can help control your weight, reduce your risk of cardiovascular disease, type-2 diabetes, and some cancers. It will strengthen your bones and muscles and improve your ability to do daily activities and prevent falls. As an older adult, you will also increase your chances of living longer.

Be sure to always warm-up before a workout and stretch afterward to reduce the risk of injury. Start slowly and layer your exercise clothing so you can take some off as you get hot. Try our Sport-Tek 5-in-1 Performance Straight Leg Warm-Up Pants and jackets for men and women. Adding stretching to your workouts will also help to counter the tightening of the body that comes with age. To stay healthy, adults should try to be active daily and should do at least 150 minutes (2 hours and 30 minutes) of moderate-intensity aerobic activity per week and muscle-strengthening activities on two or more days a week. Older adults at risk of falls, should do exercises to improve balance and coordination on at least two days a week.

What counts as moderate-intensity aerobic activity for most people?

·         Walking fast

·         Water aerobics

·         Riding a bike

·         Pushing a lawn mower

·         Doubles tennis

What counts as muscle-strengthening activity?

·         Lifting weights

·         Working with resistance bands

·         Sit-ups

·         Push-ups

Regular physical activity is one of the most important things you can do for your health. Whether you're 45 or 70, it's never too late to start (or restart) an exercise program.

Promote Fitness and Teamwork by Creating a Co-Ed Company Sports Team

It’s important to build relationships with coworkers and relationship development can be done in many ways. Company sports teams can offer many advantages to both the employees and to the company, including healthier employees, while building teamwork across departments. These teams can be for a team sport like softball or bowling, or for individual competitions, like triathlons or 5-K races. You can also create non-competitive teams like walking clubs or general running teams. As you train and learn your sport together, you will create new personal bonds. These bonds will spill over into the work environment and help employees to work as a team at work, as well.

Having healthy employees positively impacts a company's bottom line. Companies that have employees that smoke, that are overweight or that are out of condition have higher rates of absenteeism and turnover than companies than those who have healthier employees. An estimated $270 billion is spent annually on treating tobacco use and related diseases, adult-onset diabetes and obesity, conditions that are preventable, according to WELCOA, or the Wellness Council of America.

How do you get started? First, poll your coworkers about their interest. Talk to everyone so you understand the overall interest in forming a team and in what capacity. You’ll have to bring up the idea with management, emphasizing that a company sponsored team is a good way to build relationships and morale. You will be able to let them know others are also interested and maybe, even get some funding.

Then get out there! Play ball! Run fast! It’s Spring, so get outside and take advantage of the weather.

Earth Day

Earth Day, April 22 each year, is celebrated to increase awareness and appreciation of the Earth's natural environment. It’s a reminder of the beauty of this planet that we all call home. Environmentalism is an important issue for everyone – not just “activists.” Having clean air to breathe, clean water to drink and a neighborhood safe from toxins is important to ALL of us! You don't have to change your life to reduce your carbon footprint and help the planet.

Make every day Earth Day with these simple tips.

• Screensavers don't use less energy but putting it in "sleep mode" can reduce a computer's energy consumption by 60 to 70%. At the end of the day, power it off completely.

• Change a bulb. Replacing one regular light bulb with a compact fluorescent light (those energy-efficient, squiggly ones) can save 150 pounds of carbon dioxide per year.

• Take one Short Shower per week. If you cut your time in the shower by five minutes you can save 20 gallons of water. Try it this weekend. Take a five-minute shower. Bring a timer to the bathroom, or count to 300, or play one 5-minute song.

• Use reusable shopping bags. The U.S. uses 100 billion plastic bags annually, consuming about 12 million barrels of oil. Less than 1% of plastic bags are ever recycled. Reusable bags can help reduce the number of plastic bags you use. Keep them in your car so you never have to think about it.

• Use a microwave instead of the stove to save energy. Microwave ovens use around 50% less energy than conventional ovens do.