PromotionalMerchandise.com
Branding, marketing and awareness -helping clients achieve goals - using Promotional Products
                 
Brief company history
Previously located in the Market Center, Dallas Texas Gary Rugoff Sales in business since 1974 manufacturing, marketing, and selling consumer products.  GRS sells traditional and unique promotional products with custom logos that carry a marketing message.  Additional services are manufacturing custom items, total creative, promotional concept development and event management.  GRS is a member of the Promotional Products Association International.  Long term relationships and global business partners provide quick turn-around and great pricing on imported items. Volume usage assure our customers receive priority delivery and volume pricing.  Our experience allows for smooth no-problem production and on time delivery for customer events.

Gary shows products first, so our customers get new products first.  
Media coverage has ranged from cable news, NBC television, radio to  various magazines and newspapers showcasing "the state of the art" promotional products and their usage. 
When new products hit the market, we see them first, so you can have them first & get oohs and aahs!
 

Buy direct from us, customizing bags & polo shirts with embroidery	screen printing on tees
Merchandise in the idea center near Hwy 75 & LBJ, Dallas, TX

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Consistent winner of national awards    (national competition of 50,000+  companies)
2003 Winner of Gold Pyramid Award  from Promotional Products Association International
Client: Interstate Hotels Corporation	Event theme was "Ride the Wave". Invitation printed on surfboard, delivered in specially printed box to create excitement upon arrival
2001 Winner of Gold Pyramid Award
Client: HEB's Central Market Grocery Stores	Promotion: Accelerate the long range goal of getting new HEB branded items noticed.   Promotions included 5 foot inflatable replicas of branded ice cream containers used at Spurs basketball games for audience to shoot beach balls into. Each successful shooter received one of a series of t shirt's featuring a full color current new ice cream flavor. Other promotions included custom baseball caps, giveaway of branded stainless steel ice cream scoops and magnets at taste tests. The magnets were a new concept of combining a picture frame magnet with a magnetic puzzle inside.  This 2 - in -1 magnet provided a low cost reward for both parent and child after the in store promotion.
2000 Winner of Bronze Pyramid Award	Awesome invitation and a fabulous thank you gift! Promotion: Pizza box with printed ingredient items transformed into meaningful meeting options with pizza puzzle invitation inside.  After attending event, guests received a basked full of custom made  pizza making ingredients (including gourmet cooking utensils, foods  to make a pizza, wood pizza board, garlic roaster, gourmet olive oil drizzler and lots more even an Italian CD to set the mood).  The invitation got positive responses from the "exclusive hard to reach guests" and received accolades for the attendee's thank you gift.
Client: Carlson's Radisson Hotels Worldwide Sales
	Left is pizza puzzle  - above middle is writing on pizza box with ingredients like "interactive meeting" check off
1999 Finalist B2B
Client: Tandy's Radio Shack	Promotion: Custom mailing box with "sky" theme inside and out Invitation printed on "rubber airplane toy" creating excitement for managers meeting.
1998 Winner of Gold Pyramid Award	Promotion: Metal Film can with 4 color process art matching contained 4cp tee shirt and collateral material used at South by Southwest Music Festival, Austin Texas.  Resulted in their booth being most popular, increased visibility and attention ultimately resulting in lots of new business and increased return on investment from show.
Client: Video, Post and Transfer
1997 Ferrari Sales Award

Community Involvement
PromotionalMerchandise.com plays an active role in giving back to the community, ranging from silent auction donations, providing event invitations, embroidering aprons for Celebrity Chefs at charities benefiting the North Dallas Food Bank, services to charitable organizations,  utilizing subcontractors that rehabilitate and employ troubled youth. Years of involvement in events that feed the homeless, assists troubled families and children's charities. Click to request specific donations info.

Mission Statement
Provide promotional merchandise, inspire creativity and innovation with concepts to help clients achieve goals.  Our goal is to be your supportive partner and make you look good.. We provide creativity, competitive pricing, quality control and prompt delivery.  We provide creative marketing, branding  ... advertising that works with bottom line results..   Provide the best value in advertising though tangible products carrying your message that keep working ...long after they've been paid for.

What we do....

- Provide Logo Gifts
All items include a lasting message and reinforce company identity.
-Image Technology  
Assistance  in obtaining and maintaining the desired imaging, branding and positioning of company, service or product.   We listen to your goals and create promotions that answer your marketing challenges.
-Marketing Of New Product & Service Introductions
We provide the specific custom advertising products that will raise awareness in your target customer audience as well as maintaining recognition with existing customers.  Our promotional product bring lasting awareness of your newest product or service.   Our services include handling prototype development through the final  manufacturing process including bundling multiple products and direct distribution. We also offer consultation in the areas of marketing and manufacturing of new products as an independent service.
-Trade Shows
Build booth traffic and accelerate dialogue to ensure trade show success by using our  interactive enticements, pre-show products and proven trade show techniques.   We can provide unique giveaways that are different from the other exhibitors making your booth memorable.   We can expose your personnel to methods of specific trade show sales techniques (different than other sales).    Baylor studies show that exciting pre-show mailers have a return rate 20 times higher than other show mailers.
-Products That Promote Esprit Decor
Products & promotions that build company loyalty and augment the growth of a positive attitude and a better working environment.

See the difference,  For the same price other companies just sell boring products...
We provide unique creative marketing which contributes to extra pizzazz and success of your business, and promotions! 

Buy direct from us...  (automatically get the best value on the product and our priceless creativity is free)

Organized, full staffed and deliver what we promise!

We look forward to presenting you with fresh, energetic new approaches and ideas.

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Amber Campisi, Playmate Centerfold and Gary Rugoff  event announcing a Television Show

Amber Campisi and Owen Wilson 

Paris Hilton and Gary Rugoff, Ghost Bar party after Paris Hilton's Movie Premiere.

Candace Bushnell,  Promoting "Sex in the City" and new book

Rocco DiSpirito celebrity chef and star of  "The Restaurant" television series with Gary Rugoff  Judge of the Jenn Air's Iron Chef  Cook-off

Lily Tomlin and Gary Rugoff - Help Jenny

Patrick Swayze and Sybil Danning with Gary Rugoff  for the movie Jump's promotion 

Gary and Robert Patrick (Terminator Movie Morphing Cop) photo taken at "Toys for Tots" charity motorcycle event one of the country's largest toy rallies for needy children

Daniel Goddard "Cain" and Gary Rugoff during Young & Restless 35 Anniversary promotion in Dallas

Stephan Pyles hosted reception to kick off Share Our Strength’s Taste of the Nation-Dallas- pictured are Liz Tankersley, Park Place Motorcars Dallas, Gary Rugoff, Gary Rugoff Sales DBA PromotionalMerchandise.com and Stephan Pyles, Stephan Pyles Restaurant

Gary Rugoff, Stephen Rachelon Food Networks expert on BBQ during a show taping

Left - Jim and Vicki White founders of Savor Dallas, designer Steve Kemble
Right - Gary Rugoff  (Savor Dallas organizing committee) with Candace Laurie

Taste of the Nations benefits the North Texas Food Bank.
Darren McGrady known as The Royal Chef, was Princess Diana's chef, Terri Provencal of Modern Luxury Dallas Magazine pictured with Chairs of the honorary chairs Yvonne Crum, Jill Rowlett and chair of Taste of the Nation Gary Rugoff.
The Right picture shows Ray Casey of Military Planners Reunions and Felicia lake, American Airline

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Terri Provencal of Modern Luxury Dallas Magazine with Gary Rugoff, PromotionalMerchandise.com  at Milestone Culinary Center at the media party for Taste of the Nations.

Helping to stamp out hunger in the private kitchen preparing the $10,000 meal served to 10 people for the charity auction winner is Stephan Pyles chef-owner of Stephan Pyles Restaurant, Anthony C. Bombaci, of Nana Grill,  Avner Samuel  chef-owner Aurora among other chefs.

Gary Rugoff, Gary Rugoff Sales, Gayle representing It's Just Lunch, Dr Raul Rodriquez, Owner Rejuvenex,
Stephan Pyles restaurant event to stamp out hunger.

Dallas Press Club's Katie Awards Ceremony presenter Gary Rugoff greets New York Columnist Liz Smith

Intercontinental Hotels Group's Customer event in Dallas, Mike and Cindy Fegley, Gary Rugoff

Gubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman and Gary Rugoff

George Maloof, Palms Casino Las Vegas talks to Mark Cuban, Mavericks Owners during the Ghost W- Hotel Promotion

More Savor Dallas promotional events, Savor Dallas highlights the best of Dallas Culture, Food and Wine and benefits several worthwhile causes

Raising money for  Children's Charities at the Dallas Margarita Ball Gary Rugoff thanks body painter Stephanie Dalvet and her model for donating their services.

Gary Rugoff with Don Benigmo supplier of custom cigars to many Presidents and Embassy's pictured in office San Jose, Costa Rica.

On Fox News making a statement with a t shirt giveaway!

Jackson Keller, Coach Joe Avazzano and Gary Rugoff
speaking for Shloam Byatt cause for abused women

G. Gordon Liddy with Gary Rugoff, Radio Promotion

Gary Rugoff Sales supporting Dallas Independent School's "training underprivileged in the work environment"

Jason Garret, Dallas Cowboy's Coach, Gary Rugoff at Crossroads charity event

Working on New Orleans Saint's Coach Peyton Foundations event
Gary Rugoff and Mr. Mardi Gras Blaine Kern in Blaine's Workshop Museum

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