While CafePress announced that it will be acquired after steady revenue declines and employee cuts, Custom Ink has continued increasing its physical presence, opening a new location in the King of Prussia Mall, located just outside of Philadelphia and home to 22 million visitors a year…
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…
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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The lead-up has finally come to a head: CafePress has agreed to sell its business to San Francisco-based photo storage and printing company Snapfish for more than $25 million. The move seems like the logical outcome of a years-long decline as CafePress struggled to adapt to changes in Google search algorithms…
Read More“Why are so many young people flocking to brands on social media for love, guidance, and attention? I’ll tell you why. They’re isolated from real communities, working service jobs they hate while barely making ends meat, and are living [with] unchecked personal/mental health problems.” What does that quote sound like to you? Does it sound…
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HALO Branded Solutions, Sterling, Ill., announced today that it has acquired Chamberlain Marketing Group, Taylor, Mich. Chamberlain Marketing Group was ranked No. 30 on Promo Marketing’s Top 50 Distributor list for 2018. The acquisition comes as a result of Chamberlain Marketing Group’s founder and CEO, Jerry Chamberlain, retiring. “I am retiring from the business and…
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Employee recognition programs are great ways to show that their work is valued, and can be a strong incentive for them to keep up the good work. Melanie Levans, MAS, national account executive for HALO Branded Solutions, Sterling, Ill., remembers one recent promotional campaign…
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The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced that Provata Health Inc., a subsidiary of the StayWell Company, is recalling a promotional fitness tracker it distributed from August 2017 to July 2018. The firm received 13 reports of the tracker overheating during use and while charging, posing a fire/burn hazard. Three of the reports included burns to…
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Cimpress, the Venlo, Netherlands-based parent company of Vistaprint and National Pen Co., announced that it has acquired BuildASign, an internet-based supplier of canvas-print wall decorations, business signs and other large-format products…
Read MoreWhen I was about 13 or so, my dad worked for the local PBS affiliate station in Harrisburg, Pa. Part of his job entailed putting together events at local libraries, shopping malls and community centers that focused on childhood literacy, all the while promoting PBS programming. That meant that there was typically an appearance by…
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