Total Merchandise News

• 30th Nov 2015
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• Pads & Paper

For children and adults alike, Christmas is a special time of year. The air is fresh and crisp, and scents of cinnamon and mulled wine fill the air. And of course, we all look f

• 27th Nov 2015

Recently the UK decided to embrace Black Friday. Brought to us by American owned retailers, British consumers have been enjoying the low price shopping sprees at this time of ye

• 25th Nov 2015

Shopping has experienced much evolution throughout history and was considered a modern phenomenon in the 18th Century. By the 19th Century, department stores popped up to make s

• 20th Nov 2015

Remember back when people used emoticons in their texts? We were basically restricted to happy, sad, crying and shocked faces! Then along came the emoji keyboard, which

• 17th Nov 2015

Mankind is always creating new inventions to improve our quality of life. Often regarded as one of the most important inventions of all time, historians estimate that the wheel

• 13th Nov 2015

You don't need to be a rocket scientist to know how busy the retail market is during the festive period. This time of year is when the shops become almost unbearably busy, y

• 11th Nov 2015

We see thousands of promotional products coming through our doors at Total Merchandise - all with impeccable logo designs that are professionally printed. The process of creatin

• 6th Nov 2015

With the introduction of Twitter's new heart icon to replace the well-known star, we've read a lot of different articles discussing the reasons behind it and the opinion

• 4th Nov 2015

An exhibition can be a great way to get your company in front of new people and improve brand recognition. If you've been to an exhibition before then you'll know about

• 29th Oct 2015
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• Pads & Paper

Sticky notes, a modern-day marvel... But, did you know that sticky notes were invented by accident? That's right, the inventor of sticky notes actually set out to create a s

• 28th Oct 2015

Halloween is radically different from the celebration it used to be, but how did it all start? We've dug around and found some interesting history surrounding Halloween...

• 21st Oct 2015

30 years ago today Back to the Future II hit cinemas and made some pretty ambitious predictions for the world on today's date of 21st October 2015. According to the movie, b