MARCO Ideas Unlimited

Case Study - How Portland Baseball Team Knocks Merch Promo Out of the Park

Jan 8, 2025

by Samantha Sage Our hometown of Portland, Oregon is notorious for keeping things weird as often as possible. So it shouldn't be a surprise that our most iconic local sports team mascot is not onl...

Women's History Month Bio - Margaret Custer Ford

Feb 20, 2024

Women's History Month Short Biography Margaret Custer Ford, a pioneer in women's business achievement by Nancy Gudekunst, MAS Here is my perspective on the story of how my mother built a ...

Featured: MARCO Ideas Unlimited, Portland Metro Chamber Member

Dec 5, 2023

by Samantha Sage We're dedicated to growing Oregon local businesses with quality promotional products, custom decorated apparel, and customized awards. It's been our primary focus ever since ou...

How Promotional Products Can Help In Times of Change

Oct 1, 2020

By Ian Miller Many companies are struggling to figure out how to help their communities during these times of change. Some are doing donation matching. Some are allowing time for employees to part...

The Founding of MARCO Ideas Unlimited

Sep 3, 2020

By Margaret Custer Ford, MAS Newly divorced, with little child support, I needed to earn money to take care of myself and two young kids, ages 1 and 3, but how? It was 1959. Women were making...

Specialty Advertising

Apr 16, 2020

By Margaret Custer Ford Specialty advertising is a cost-effective way to advertise your brand. In the sixties, most people smoked which made matchbooks more widely used. Advertising on a simpl...

What is Plastic?

Apr 2, 2020

By Alyson Hills-Martin Eco-friendly products can replace plastic. Buzzwords regarding how the consumption and manufacturing of plastic are affecting the environment circulate, but what makes pl...