After the U.S. proposed additional (and threatened to ratchet up) tariffs against Chinese goods, China responded today by imposing new trade tariffs on $60 billion of…
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Amazon’s Surging B2B Marketplace Will Top $10 Billion in Sales This Year
Amazon Business, the e-commerce titan’s B2B marketplace for everything from staplers to suspenders, launched in 2015, replacing a previous iteration of the service known as Amazon Supply. That first year, Amazon Business generated a tidy $1 billion in sales. Just three years later, it’s already set to top $10 billion…
Read MorePPAI Offers Disaster Relief to Promotional Products Industry Businesses Affected by Hurricane Florence or Olivia
Paul Bellantone, president and CEO of PPAI, issued the following message regarding disaster relief for promotional products companies affected by Hurricane Florence or Olivia: PPAI stands ready to assist members and non-members who are affected by Hurricane Florence or Olivia. PPAI sends out…
Read MoreHUB Promotional Group Acquires BCG Creations
In a deal finalized on Sept. 14, 2018, BCG Creations, Montreal, was acquired by HUB Promotional Group, Braintree, Mass., which is now comprised of six suppliers: HUB Pen Company Beacon Best Promotions Cooler Graphics Debco Bag Distributors BCG Creations Based in Montreal, Quebec, with a distribution center in Champlain, N.Y., BCG has served clients in the promotional…
Read MoreFacilisgroup Welcomes a New Partner: GNP Branded Gear
Facilisgroup, St. Louis, announced that GNP Branded Gear, Nesconset, N.Y.. has joined its community of leading promotional products distributor partners. GNP has been serving the nation’s premier trade and professional associations, colleges and universities, and corporations since 1985. “Facilisgroup’s technology and recommended best practices will help us provide an even better customer experience and work more…
Read MoreRichard Simmons Is (Sort Of) Back With Branded Merchandise
Richard Simmons’ disappearance is one of the strangest mysteries of this decade. We know as much because there was a whole podcast dedicated to it,…
Read MoreSomeone Bought Most of Lehman Brothers’ Leftover Promotional Products and Is Selling Them on eBay
When we here at Promo Marketing reflect on 2008, our minds turn to sports, as that year yielded the second World Series title for our beloved Philadelphia Phillies. Our jubilation aside, the calendar was largely unkind when one elects to focus on the biggest economic events from a decade ago. The bankruptcy filing by Lehman…
Read MoreGemline Temporarily Closes Following Massachusetts Gas Explosions
Gemline, Lawrence, Mass., announced that gas explosions in Lawrence as well as nearby Andover…
Read MoreCompliance and Risks Announced as Official QCA Partner
Compliance and Risks, an end-to-end regulatory solutions provider for companies in the technology, consumer and industrial goods, retail and life-sciences sectors, has been announced by the Quality Certification Alliance (QCA) as one of its official compliance solutions partners. Compliance and Risks is part of a recent round of new QCA partnerships intended to increase access…
Read MoreNo One Will Be Happy Until Everyone Uses USB-C (That’s Why Bluetooth Smartphone Accessories Are Winning)
iPhone users live in a post-dongle world now. After Apple decided to ditch the separate headphone jack in favor of a single Lightning port for the…
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