November has a particular energy. Half the country is planning end-of-year client gifts, the other half is sweating through the first proper heatwave, and somewhere a marketing manager just realised the 2027 diaries need ordering now, not in January. This week's arrivals cover all of it.
Six new pieces landed in the store, and they range from a $1.86-adjacent price bracket right up to a duffel bag that will make your top clients suspicious about how much you actually like them. Here's what's worth your attention.
The A5 Daily Diary 2027 is a custom branded diary that gives your clients a full page for every single day, January through December, with your logo embossed or foil stamped on a textured leather-look PU cover. Inside, it's ivory 80gsm paper. The sort of stock that makes people choose this notebook over the three others on their desk.
Here's the thing about diaries as branded merchandise: they get 365 days of use, minimum. Nobody bins a diary in March. Your logo sits on a desk, in a meeting, in a handbag, all year, while cheaper merch is already in landfill by Easter.
At $21.96 it slots perfectly into end-of-year client gifting, conference delegate packs, and new-starter kits. Accountants, law firms, real estate agencies and trades businesses do especially well with personalised diaries, because their clients and crews still run on paper more than anyone admits. Order now and they land before the January scramble.
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The Printed Dog Lead is a custom branded dog lead made from 20mm polyester webbing, screen printed with your logo across a generous 300 x 16mm decoration area. That's a lot of real estate for your branding, and it moves. Every walk around the block, every trip to the dog park, every cafe visit where the dog gets more attention than the humans.
Pet merch is criminally underused in promotional campaigns, which is strange when you consider how often dog owners leave the house with their dogs. A lead gets used twice a day, in public, by someone who talks to strangers constantly (dog owners cannot help themselves).
At $7.56 it's an obvious pick for vets, groomers, pet stores and animal charities. It also works brilliantly as a left-field giveaway for dog-friendly breweries, real estate settlement packs and workplaces that let dogs in the office. A branded lead says you actually noticed what your customers care about.
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The Hybrid Fan is a custom printed mini fan that works handheld or propped on a desk, with a built-in stand and a phone holder worked into the design. One unit, three jobs. Your logo goes along for all of them.
An Australian summer is not subtle, and anyone who has worked an outdoor expo, a festival activation or a January trade show knows the brutal maths: the brand handing out something cooling wins the day. People will queue for it. Then they'll use it at their desk until April, with their phone propped in it while they watch whatever they're pretending not to watch at work.
At $9.15, the Hybrid Fan suits event organisers, outdoor brands, sports clubs and any business running summer campaigns who wants promotional merch that gets grabbed first and kept longest. Marked as coming soon, so get your order in early before the heat does.
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The Bellroy Classic Duffel 45L is a branded duffel bag built for short trips done properly, with a wide-open barrel design that swallows a weekend's worth of gear and a clean matte exterior that holds its own in any airport. Bellroy is a name people actually recognise and want, which changes the entire dynamic of giving it away. This is corporate gifting that doesn't feel corporate.
At $305.38, let's be honest about who this is for. This is not a trade show giveaway. This is the gift for your top ten clients, the reward for the sales team that smashed target, the welcome gift for a senior hire, the leadership retreat kit that makes attendance feel like a privilege.
Put your logo on a bag of this calibre and it reads as a statement about how your business operates. The thoughtful internal pockets and 45L capacity mean it will genuinely get used for years, carrying your branding into gyms, airports and weekends away long after most custom merchandise has been forgotten.
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The Trekk Multifunction Tool is a custom branded multi-tool that packs pliers, a folding knife, saw blade, scissors, a ruler, screwdrivers, a bottle opener, a nail file and a keyring into one compact folding unit. Engraved with your logo, it becomes the kind of promotional gift nobody can bring themselves to throw out, because something that useful never stops being useful.
There's a simple rule in merch: the item that solves a problem gets kept, and a multi-tool solves about nine of them before lunch. It lives in gloveboxes, toolboxes, camping kits and kitchen drawers, and every single time it comes out, your engraving comes out with it.
At $29.40 this one belongs with trades and construction businesses, building suppliers, outdoor and camping brands, and 4WD or agricultural companies. It's also a cracking Christmas gift for a crew of tradies who would quietly resent another branded stress ball but will actually say thanks for this.
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The Chill Out 2.0 is a custom branded cooler bag with a 20L capacity that holds 36 cans and folds flat when the party's over. It comes in Black, Green and Dark Blue, and it looks sharp enough that nobody will assume it came free with a slab, even though your logo is right there on it.
Cooler bags are the quiet achievers of summer merchandise. They go to beach days, camping trips, work BBQs, footy finals and that one mate's birthday that somehow happens three times a year. Each outing puts your branding in front of a whole group of people in a genuinely good mood, which is the best possible context for a logo to exist in.
At $32.67, it's a smart staff Christmas gift, a settlement gift for real estate agencies, or promotional gear for breweries, bottle shops and anyone whose brand belongs anywhere near an esky. Order a batch for the team before December and you'll be the hero of the end-of-year party.
See all our custom branded cooler bagsView all→That's the week sorted: diaries for the planners, leads for the dog people, fans and coolers for the summer ahead, plus a multi-tool and a Bellroy duffel for when the gift actually matters. Every one of them can be branded with your logo, your colours and your message.
Found something that fits your next campaign? Get in touch and we'll walk you through decoration options, quantities for your team or event, and artwork setup. No pressure, no nonsense, just good merch done properly.
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