We spoke with a couple of industry pros about what items distributors should be looking to for their clients’ trade show needs, how they can maximize their impact at these events, and some details about past successes…
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HUB Promotional Group, Braintree, Mass., announced today the acquisition of Origaudio, Fountain Valley, Calif. HUB Promotional Group is now up to seven suppliers, this deal coming just two days after HUB announced its acquisition of Montreal-based BCG Creations. The Origaudio acquisition is big for HUB. The company is only nine years old, and has already…
Read MoreAfter 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…
Read MoreRichard 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 MoreGemline, Lawrence, Mass., announced that gas explosions in Lawrence as well as nearby Andover…
Read MoreiPhone 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…
Read MoreIn June, the Supreme Court ruled that Minnesota violated the First Amendment’s Free Speech Clause…
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Colorado Timberline, the supplier based in Denver, posted an announcement on its website yesterday announcing that the company was closing abruptly. Here’s the full text of the message: Dear valued customers and suppliers of Colorado Timberline: It is with great difficulty and a heavy heart that we must inform you that effective immediately Colorado Timberline…
Read MoreReports that NAFTA is finished could be premature, or at least exaggerated. After President Trump announced on Monday that the U.S. had reached a new trade…
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Hospitality Mints, Boone, N.C., announced that it has been acquired by Mount Franklin Foods LLC, the El Paso, Texas-based parent company of Sunrise Confections, Azar Nut Company and Mount Franklin Nutritionals. The acquisition is effective immediately, and Hospitality Mints’ production will stay in its North Carolina location. “As part of our continued effort to strategically…
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