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BIC Graphic North America revived the Souvenir brand Oct. 1 with an initial collection of 14 new pens, plus additional designs launching in early 2019. This collection was designed in-house, and includes exclusive writing instruments with unique features and elevated ink technology. The Souvenir brand began when A.C. Stewart founded the Souvenir Lead Pencil Company in…
Read MoreThis past weekend, the contentious and sometimes unpredictable NAFTA talks culminated in a new deal between the three neighboring countries: the aptly named United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA for short. Those looking for a gigantic overhaul of NAFTA will be disappointed, but there are a…
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Sign-Zone LLC (parent company of Showdown Displays), Brooklyn Center, Minn., announced that it has acquired Jansen Display Group (Jansen), a designer and manufacturer of promotional display hardware and signage systems. Headquartered in Prestanov, Czech Republic, with additional offices in Germany, the U.K., Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Spain, Jansen provides customized poster systems, snap frames, poster…
Read MoreWhen MoMaCha opened its doors in April to serve as a combination teashop and art gallery, the higher-ups at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) found the space’s name pretty sketchy, filing a trademark infringement lawsuit. On Friday, those bigwigs were able to color their case credible, as a Southern District of New York judge…
Read MoreIn the race for apparel world dominance, Amazon has powered its way to the top. The e-commerce giant has created its own apparel lines, swooped in on major sports brands and engaged the power of customer data to edge out competition. But it looks like Amazon’s rapid apparel growth might have led to one emerging problem: counterfeits…
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Would we go walking around town in a T-shirt that reads “Hip Replacement $30, 06?” Probably not because we have a hard time deviating from our “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” T-shirt lineup, but in the case of Maryland’s new promotional tees, we could be swayed.
Read MoreWomen make up 24 percent of the STEM workforce, and yet their needs are not being considered when it comes to women’s workwear. Thankfully, petroleum engineer Jaime Glas decided to use her passion for fashion to upgrade the uniform options for other women…
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Starline Inc., Grand Island, N.Y., announced the addition of Mike Newman as the new Northeast director of sales representing New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Maine. “Starline proudly operates its main USA facility out of Western New York,” said Starline senior vice president…
Read MoreThough it’s not a commonly used metric, needing more parking spaces is a good indicator that your company is growing. That sounds like a joke, but it’s exactly what happened with iClick, which increased sales by 275 percent over last year. The company jumped a record 29 spots on our Top 50 Suppliers list between…
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Over the last few months, Hub Pen Company, Braintree, Mass., has expanded its IT department. The supplier added David Medeiros, web and e-commerce developer; and Tyler Hines, Jr., web developer. It also promoted business systems analyst Terese Cook to enterprise software manager. “Over the last year we’ve seen more user adoption of our business systems…
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