thepulse 2013

� e Pulse

At Geiger, we keep our fi nger on the pulse of promotional trends. We are excited to share our choice of hot products and new trends keeping your brand current in 2013.

For fresh and relevant branding ideas, here are some up and coming trends.• Animal prints are wild. Zebra, cheetah, leopard and

more!

• Retail brand names leave their mark in the industry.

• Lively, radiant lush. Color of the year Pantone® 17-5641 Emerald.

• Vivid. Bold. Bright. Full color imprints make a statement.

• Drinkware. Tall and slender.

• Tech Products. Diversify.

• Silicone. Vibrant, functional and versatile.

Are you ready to stay in touch with trends and differentiate your brand? We are ready to help!

Table of Contents

Animal Prints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Apparel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Brands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Camo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Decorating Technique . . . . . . . . . . 10

Drinkware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Eco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Fitness & Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Fun & Functional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Techy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

USA Made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Walk on the wild side in 2013! Animal prints are popular in fashion, home accessories and promo-tional products.

Animal Prints

Glitter Slurpy with Animal Print

Add bling to your next promotion with this 16 oz. double wall con-struction tumbler. BPA free. Gold cheetah, silver zebra and silver cow.

Tall Hipster Sunglasses

Cool, oversize frame with 400 UV protection.

Instincts Fashion Tote

Show your fashion in-stincts with a chic animal print tote. Available in snakeskin and cheetah patterns.

Wildside Backpack

Zebra print drawstring with solid color back. Choose from 6 fun colors.

Zebra Savoy

Glass drinkware with leak resis-tant cap. Wide mouth lid for allows easy � ll-ing. Available in zebra, leopard and peacock. BPA free.

Sleek work wear, fl attering fi ts and trendy colors.

Port Authority Crosshatch Easy Care Shirts

With a beautiful two-color weave—not to mention wrinkle resistance—these poplin shirts have a pleasing texture and truly impresses in the o� ce.

Garment Washed Flag Cap

Wear your pride with this 100% cotton twill unstructured cap with Hugger™ shape.

Next Level Dolman T-Shirt

A distinctly fashion-able look, a � awless blend of three quality fabrics. Preshrunk 50% poly/25% cotton/25% rayon jersey. Available in 10 colors.

Peak Sweater Fleece Jackets

Heather sweater � eece jacket is a “must have” addition to your wardrobe. 100% polyester sweater knit � eece with many features.

Apparel

Name brands are a big addition to the promotion-al world. Pair your brand with one of quality, reli-ability, and excellence by adding it to any of these brand name promotional items.

Nike® Golf Dri-FIT Polo

� is modern polo is course-ready! Features Dri-FIT mois-ture management technology.

Brookstone® Road Warrior Computer Backpack

Numerous compartments and check-point friendly! Many other Brook-stone® products to choose from.

Cross® TECH3

� ree options in one clever multi-tasker. With a smooth twist, switch from black ballpoint to red ballpoint pencil.

Brands

Coleman® 12-Can Chiller

Holds twelve 12-oz. cans of six 10 oz. bottles.

Includes re� llable molded ice pack. Many other Coleman® products available.

Eddie Bauer® Soft Shell Jacket

� is is just one of the Eddie Bauer® apparel items available! � ere are many other styles to choose from.

Built® Rolltop Expandable Lunch Bag

Insulates food on the go! Many other Built® items to choose from.

Sharpie® Metallic

Sharpie® Metallic ink is bold and impactful, perfect for dark surfaces. Gold, bronze or silver.

Camo has never been more visible.

Big Buck Sport Cooler

Rugged outdoor style! 12 can capac-ity with many features.

Camoufl age Beanie

100% Acrylic, one size � ts all beanie. Available in Mossy Oak® and Real Tree™

Camo T-Shirt

100% cotton jersey. Licensed Realtree® camo print.

Camo Pocket Coolie

Fits cans and bottles. Collapsible. Available in four licensed camo patterns.

Camo

Emerald is Pantones color of the year! A lively, radiant green, inspires insight and clarity while enhancing our sense of well-being.

Poly-Pure Bottle

24 oz. poly-pure outdoor bottle is molded with food-safe, dish-washer-safe, BPA free Tritan™.

Tea Ball Glass Mug

Enjoy the simplicity of a tea ball in a futuristic design with this glass mug and silicone tea ball di� user!

Golf Kit

Tuf Tumbler with organza bag � lled with sunscreen lotion, lip balm and gel sanitizer.

EZ Cotton Pique Polo

� e EZCotton Pique Polo has an anti-curl collar and resists pilling, fading, wrinkling and shrinking with ease.

Color

What does Pantone’s pick mean for promotional products? � e Pantone color of the year sets the tone for up-coming trends. When you follow these types of trends while selecting promotional products you are selecting products that will be appealing, new and fresh to your audience. For brands, incorporating a little Emerald will help infuse promotional merchandise with the fresh look that will dominate retail.

Bring your brand to life.

Transform your brand message into one that leaves a bold and lasting impression. Full color im-printing with photographic brilliance. Personaliza-tion on any of the britePix products, even matching individual photos with names, and still only one set-up charge for the run. It’s simple, affordable and available on over 300 products. See your brand message take life!

Decorating Technique

Go From This...

To This...

standard 1-color imprint

Refreshing new styles.

Soda Fountain

Fun and color-ful 22 oz. single wall acrylic cup with a classic retro design. BPA free.

Catalina Column Water Bottle

30 oz. shatter resistant, Tritan™ material water bottle with clever side notch design for easy-grip.

The Sparkle Collection

Sparkle tumbler is BPA free, holds 16 oz., includes a straw and sparkles like crazy! Comes in pink, aqua, clear or lime.

Snap Cap

Snap caps are great for anywhere your canned drink might be endanger of

spilling. Keeps drinks from going � at quickly and keeps out bugs.

Drinkware

Soda Tritan™ Bottle

23 oz. soda pop bottle de-signed with a screw o� lid.

Hardly a new trend, but this year’s eco-friendly promotional products are fresh and creative.

Owl® 100% Recycled Felt Business Tote

� is functional tote was cre-ated using yesterday’s discard-ed bottles.

Bird Feeder

Great re-use of plastic! Feeder is made of polypro-pylene and uses 2 liter bottle (not in-cluded) � lled with bird seed.

Alladin® 16 oz. Water Bottle

Clever bottle makes the point “down with disposables!” Dou-ble wall water vessel has an upside-down, faux-plastic bottle in-side it! Opens in two places for easy clean-ing or adding ice cubes. Leak-proof. BPA free.

Eco Pint

16 oz. single wall pint made from bamboo � bers.

Eco

Taking the right steps.

10 oz. Hand Grip Fitness Bottle

Ease of use during workout or on the go. May be used as � tness weights when full. BPA free.

North End® Half Zip Performance Tops

Take your performance to the next level while looking great! 100% polyester bird-seye mesh with moisture wicking, antimi-crobial and UV protec-tion performance. Available in 5 crossover colors.

Full Color Bicycle Helmet Cover

Protects, identi� es and colorfully decorates! Conforms to all helmet

shapes.

Sport Quillow/Microfi ber Sport Towel

� is 27.5” x 55” towel is compact, absorbent and quick drying. Folds into pouch with carry handles.

Fitness & Health

Putting some fun into function.

Beach Nik

Cup with cone shape to hold drinks, media devices, glasses and more. Simply push into ground, sand or soft surface.

Reusaball Tote Bags

Reusable ball pouch converts to a du-rable bag in sec-onds! Bag com-pacts into pouch for easy carry or

hours of playing catch! Baseball, soc-

cerball or basketball.

All In One

Color coordinated nylon tote bag with hidden zippered compartment, designed to store a 42” arc folding umbrella.

Vino2GO™

Inner wall shaped like a wine glass. Includes frost drink-thru slider lid. 10 oz. capacity.

LensTek Sunglasses

Full color imprint on UV400 tinted lenses! UVA & UVB protection.

Fun & Functional

Where your brand is always welcome.

Frizzy Hand Duster

New hand duster is great for those large cleaning projects. Made of 100% micro� ber material they are washable and reusable.

Cupcake Baking Set

Set of 4, colorful silicone cupcake liners. Freezer, microwave and oven safe. Includes clear storage case.

Collapse-It™ Strainer

� is easy-to-store strainer will quickly become your clients’ favor-ite! Strains hot and cold foods and folds � at for easy storage.

Gourmet Trio

Collapsible lunch box features food grade silicone mate-rial, 3 compartments and a snap lid. Sporknife included.

Home

New generation of tech tools.

Gumbite® Styli

Silicone coated stylus for use with an iPad® or any other touchscreen device. Broad design of-fers comfort!

Isotoner® SmarTouch® Gloves

Perform multi-touch gestures

with gloves on - smart phones, tablets, car

dashboards, ATM’s and fuel pumps.

Lunar iPad® Sleeve

Place iPad® into sleeve and then pull-up on tab - device should slide out easily.

Stylus Holder and Screen Cleaner

Fashionable stylus sleeve with innovative screen cleaner.

Mini Thunder Pop-Up Speaker

Mini speaker with key chain. Adjustable volume control.

Flip Portfolio for iPad

With a simple “Flip”, view iPad in a compact tablet form or open the pad-folio to take notes on a writing pad while viewing your iPad. Includes screen cleaner. Patent Pending.

Techy

True American pride.

Red Party Cup

16 oz. double wall insulated red party approved cup!

Small Full Color Pen Pad

Full-color penpad with a wraparound cov-er printed in vivid digital color. Includes a handy built-in pen holder in the spine, and post-bound sturdy writing paper!

Natural Lip Balm in Oval Tube

Unique oval shape prevents tube from rolling! Beeswax Base. UVA/UVB rays spectrum Gluten and PABA free.

Fruit Infuser Sports Bottle

25 oz. BPA free bottle with twist-on lid. Includes twist-on fruit infuser lid to add � avor to your favorite drink.

Portion Plate

Food grade polypropylene plate has 3 compart-ments to help with portion control. Reinforces balanced eating and a healthy diet.

Accent Toothbrush

� e Accent Tooth-brush is a high qual-ity product. Adult size with soft bristles.

USA Made