Posted on 27th Jan 2012 @ 6:51 PM

Since starting Ruffneck Scarves in 2007 there is one area that we have consistently received positive feedback. That is in the area of corporate promotions.

Prior to my life at Ruffneck I spent years in the corporate environment. Companies of all sizes are constantly on the lookout for customer gifts, items to motivate employees, trade show gifts, and the list goes on. Larger companies like Google, Microsoft and Boeing have large employee stores full of logo items.

Custom scarves fill a nice void in a world full of t-shirts, back packs and coffee mugs. Here are some examples:

• Swedish Medical opened a few new campuses in the Seattle area last year. During the grand openings key personnel were given a custom Swedish scarf that had a consistent design, but also the name of the campus location as a subtle differentiator.
• Sloan Valve has ordered from us twice. Company branded scarves were used for employees, and also for key attendees at trade shows.
• Raleigh America came up with a great scarf design that they distributed at an event. Some of their custom scarves were given out to participants and the remainder were offered for sale.

We even did a custom scarf order for a power association. Shocking, I know.

At Microsoft during company meetings (when I worked there) we had good natured competition between product groups. It would be fun for the XBOX group to all raise scarves when they are mentioned and drown out all that noise from the Office group.

If this is something that sounds interesting to you for your company send me an email. We will get some designs together for you quickly and at no obligation.

by Erin O'Brien