Novelty promotional products

The word novelty means innovation, uniqueness, newness, freshness and originality. In today's world of high speed and technological progression, human life is gifted something novel and unique almost everyday. This is not limited to just products, but services too.

Why has everyone stepped onto the novelty bandwagon? This is because of competition. Yes, the fact is that everyone is competing to survive. Manufacturers are competing with each other to increase sales and so almost every manufacturer of any scale has an in-house research and development department to create something new for the consumers. The retailers are constantly attempting to provide creative and consumer-attracting schemes. And every consumer is out there purchasing all the novelty available to appear trendier than their neighbour.

In the present day fast track existence, apart from competition, boredom plays a major role in needing something innovative. Yes, people seem to get bored easily and are constantly on the look out for something new. Look at fashion trends for instance. Fashion designers across the globe used to create two lines a year, being the summer and winter collection; but off late trends seem to be changing almost every three months. 

Something new is constantly entering the market to prove one-up on the competitors. Surely, one will not be too wrong in terming this era as the era of novelty or innovation. Every industry, every sector and every strata of society is aware of all that is new. It does not take much time to discard the old and bring in a fresh and original replacement. Like people commonly believe, 'change and innovation are the only constant happenings in life today'.


Novelty buttons


Whether you actually need a button for your attire or not, novelty buttons can be used. How is this possible? It is not necessary that buttons only need to be used to fasten clothes. In fact, they can be just used as decorative pieces on the attire. And not all of them actually look like buttons.


Novelty buttons are made from various materials. There are a variety of buttons specially manufactured for children. These are generally made from plastic and are in the shape of various famous cartoon characters; fruits; vegetables; animals; birds; insects and other objects. They in fact make the child's attire look attractive and colorful.

For the youth, these are a wide range of funky and trendy buttons made of sequences and beads and other glittering and shimmering material that are eye-catching. In fact, the novelty buttons that are constantly being designed and sold are available in almost every pattern that one could imagine. One could actually make a simple and plain outfit look fancy and rich with the right kind of buttons. And this is not only in the case of women's fashion, but men's fashion too.


Novelty clocks


Whether it is a public place or private premises, a clock is an essential equipment that is commonly placed in a way that it is easily noticed. One will see a clock placed in the courthouses, museums, railway stations, bus depots, public libraries, government offices, the parliament, and all other public or government owned venues. In fact in such public places a lot of care is taken as far as time-keeping is concerned, because in such places everything functions in accordance to the needles of the clock. 

In fact, a part from public places such as these, one will see that a clock is an essential accessory in every household, office and commercial premises. People may forget to wear their wristwatch, but they know that wherever they go they will come across a clock hanging somewhere or the other. No doubt that clocks is an essential commodity, but that does not imply that one sticks to the old and ordinary. In fact there are innumerable novelty clocks available that sometimes makes it difficult to select. 


The novelty clocks include the old-fashioned or antique ones such as the cuckoo clock and the grandfather's clock; the modern ones in various designs and patter such as that of animal, birds, insects, cartoon figures, flowers, etc. Basically, the dials of the clock are the way they have been since time immemorial, with the actual difference being in the shape of the needles and the way the numbers are printed. They also maybe painted or printed in different designs. Apart from the clock dials with needles, there are the digital ones.

Novelty clocks have provided an additional option when out purchasing a gift. It could be presented as a birthday, anniversary or house-warming gift. You could also present one to somebody who is setting up a new business venture or a new establishment. Apart from that clocks can also be given away a corporate gifts with the company logo and in a shape that resemble the company's product. For instance, an automobile company can give out clocks in the shape of the car model they are selling, or have it painted in the background of the clock's dial.