B E S T IN SHOW
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FAIRWARE Fairware helps you to better engage your customers, employees and partners through the creation of sustainable, custom branded products. We ensure your promotional merchandise helps tell your story and animate your brand. Our mission is to change the world through the simple act of buying. We’re committed change makers and we’re serious about sustainability. We bring emerging retail, consumer and sustainability trends to the forefront of promotional campaigns and product assortments. We’re sustainable brand strategists and merchandise is our medium. We do the homework on ethical sourcing and sustainable materials so you can rest assured that your marketing merchandise lines up with your values.
- Team Fairware
Best in Show Every year we attend the largest annual tradeshow in our industry - the PPAI Expo in Las Vegas. With over one million square feet dedicated to showcasing products and trends in the industry, it’s a great place to see what’s new and trending. As a founding B Corp, Fairware is steeped in sustainability and using our business as a force for good. At the tradeshow, we meet new suppliers and build on relationships with old favourites. We seek out products and strategies that align with our mission to change the world through the simple act of buying. Sustainability is gaining ground in the promotional products sector and we love where it’s going.
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Zero Waste
12
Drinkware
18
Bags
22
Parkland Bags
24
Pinch Provisions
27
Wearables
30
Tech
34
MPowered
36
Writing Instruments
40
Active Lifestyle
ZERO WASTE
ZERO WASTE
final straw
mesh produce b
bag
snack bag
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DITCH THE DISPOSABLES At Fairware, we’ve been sourcing zero waste merchandise solutions from day one. This year, we saw more products to help drive zero waste lifestyles than ever before. Re-useable straws were on trend and everywhere. From anodized stainless steel to bamboo, from silicone to a mix of materials, there was no shortage of straws to choose from. We love seeing all the re-usable lunch and snack containers launched this year – setting us up for great Zero Waste lunch kits. Another trend? Produce bags, and bulk food bags – a great alternative to tote bags. Shifting your spend to merchandise that can support a zero waste lifestyle is a great way to showcase your commitment to sustainability. 2019 will be a year to ditch the disposables with Fairware as we partner with PLAN, the Post Landfill Action Network, to up our game, support grass roots champions and get closer to a zero waste future. Check out what PLAN is up to here.
Post-Landfill Action Network cultivates, ates, and inspires the student-led zero waste ement. We inform students about the waste crisis equip them with the necessary skills and urces to implement solutions to waste in their pus communities. PLAN empowers our generation changemakers.
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DRINKWARE
DRINKWARE
MUGS
verona
campfire
minolo
relay
urban
cece
polar
WATER BOTTLES
orb TRAVEL MUGS
miir mug
DRINKWARE
keep cup
love bottle
remi
BAGS
BAGS
canvas drawstring bag
folding tote
beemini backpack
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PARKLAND BAGS We’re loving the retro style and functional design of the Parkland recycled bag line. Parkland takes style cues from their parent company, Herschel Supply Co and adds a dose of sustainability. Manufactured in Vietnam using recycled PET, every backpack uses about 12 plastic water bottles worth of recycled content. Their bags are then manufactured in Vietnam following international standards regarding labor, wages, and safety practices. Parkland conducts regular audits and analyze factory reviews completed by third-party social compliance organizations.
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PINCH PROVISIONS Welcome Pinch Provisions! For fourteen years, Pinch Provisions been pushing the boundaries of personal care, crafting innovative emergency kits that redefine what it means to be prepared. Filled to the brim with premium essentials, they don’t skimp on what goes inside. And they dedicate the same attention to detail when it comes to designing the outside, combining the sensibility of a fashion label with the function of a modern general store. Made in the USA, practical and beautiful, what more could you want in a gift?
WEA RABLES
WEA R ABLES
HEADWEAR
cranston camper
rpet and organic cotton trucker
baxter beanie
organic cotton polo
recycled jersey t-shirt
roundie
turkish
APPAREL
odell
TOWELS
amalfi
TECH
beagle bluetooth tracker
gameboy powerbank
fsc powerbank
MPOWERED We love seeing fellow B Corp companies on the show floor. These incredible inflatable solar lights by MPOWERD have the goal of making an affordable clean energy product that people could use in any situation — from outdoor camping adventures to backyard parties to everyday living for people in emerging markets without electricity. For every 10 Luci lights bought, MPOWERD’s nonprofit partners will send it directly to someone living without access to electricity.
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over 100 countries sinc ing over 3 million lives. Give Luci lights for lifesions, disaster relief, im safety, education initiat out access to electricity
you, MPOWERD sent lights to ce they started in 2012, affectOur nonprofit partners use -saving search & rescue mismproving community health and tives and families who live withy.
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MAGIC HOUR AT ANY HOUR
WRITING INSTRUMENTS
WRITING INSTRUMENTS
biotic
qs20
qs30
ACTIVE LIFESTYLE
upcycled wooden sunglasses
paddleboards
surfboard trophies
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