The season for giving away sport bags is upon us.  Duffels are one of those weird items that were once given away year round and suddenly began to become a spring and summer gift a few years back.   This is likely because they have transitioned from storage to more or less fitness bags.  We are now offering a full complement of promotional sports bags from the major vendors like Leeds.  

 

Among the favorites so far has been the Leeds Aqua 18" Sport Duffel which is reasonably priced and solidly constructed of 600d nylon.  The key this season has been overall price and so far the new bags are priced properly.  The Leeds Encore Speaker Duffel absolutely kicks it with some decent sounding speakers, average duffel capacity and all sorts of multimedia connectivity.   I have to admit it is a little expensive but when you look at what you are getting in a bag it is tough to complain.

 

We are not sure what to make of the Gemline Agility Sport Bag as it is definitely designed for the women in the audience.  The only issue with this type of design is it may not fit the needs of some organizations but the bags themselves are attractive.   Gemline makes the Gemline Advantage Sport Bag which runs right around the same price but is more gender neutral.   Really at near $10 all of these items are a veritable bargain compared to items even a few years back.

 

Ringing up the scale a bit are the High Sierra Crunk Cross Sport Duffel and Slazenger Sport 18" Tote Duffel which are both sure to be hits.  We really like the Slazenger product and expect customers will like it as well as it is another multi-use item.   The High Sierra product is beautiful but once again we wonder what the story is with the elaborate and overly complex names being used by some of these manufacturers.  All it serves to do is make it a little difficult for customers to figure out what product they are buying.

 

As the spring gently falls towards summer the focus will shift to more golf type items and beach gear.   With the slowing economy price should end up being an issue and we hope to continue to be able to lead the market.