Was your invitation to this year’s Academy Awards lost in the mail like ours were? Bummer, right? We had our tuxes ready for Hollywood’s biggest night, but we were mostly excited about those sweet,…
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Jay Deutsch, creator of the Quality Certification Alliance, and cofounder and CEO of BDA Inc., Woodinville, Wash., announced that he is stepping down from his position on the QCA board after 10 years. Deutsch spent eight of those years as president. “Jay was instrumental in creating industry standards for brand safety and ethical sourcing,” Tim…
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This week, the U.S. Supreme Court discussed the case in Minnesota regarding whether or not voters should be allowed to wear politically-related T-shirts, buttons or hats to polling places. The case brought about interesting questions, as the justices weighed what exactly would fly and what would be prohibited. According to the New York Times, Justice…
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CafePress, Louisville, Ky., released its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2017 financial results, which CEO Fred Durham called “disappointing.” “Our fourth quarter and full year 2017 results were clearly disappointing, as CafePress.com continued to be negatively impacted by lower traffic resulting from changes in search engine algorithms during the first half of 2017,” he said…
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The legal team for Tervis Tumblers is asking for more time before it responds to the lawsuit from Trinity Graphic, which claims Tervis violated a nondisclosure agreement and stole the printer’s trade secrets. Trinity filed the lawsuit in federal court on Jan. 26, and Tervis was served on Feb. 2, according to the Tampa Bay…
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Jeffrey P. Marks, president of Promotional Considerations, along with vice president Bobby Baughan, has purchased the company back from Vanguard Industries, effective March 1. The company also announced that it is now affiliated with iPROMOTEu. Marks started the company in 1984,…
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Satori Capital, a Dallas-area investment firm announced that it has acquired the controlling interest of Zorch International Inc., Chicago. “Zorch takes an entirely new approach to branded merchandise fulfillment,” Sunny Vanderbeck, co-founder of Satori, said in a press release. “The company has developed a powerful, technology-enabled approach that leverages the capabilities of its supply chain,…
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“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” is the story of a woman, played by Frances McDormand, who takes matters into her own hands by putting up three billboards (hence the name) to question local law enforcement when it doesn’t adequately investigate the murder of her daughter. It’s not an uplifting tale, and it’s not a story…
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Last week, a Florida printing company announced that it was suing Tervis Tumbler Company for violating a non-disclosure agreement and “handshake agreement” that the company would print all of Tervis’s tumbler inserts. Tervis seemingly violated that handshake agreement, going to a competing company that would offer a similar product for a lower price (and possibly…
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PepsiCo.’s new drink, which takes on a healthier appearance than customers are used to, is such a new development for the company that it literally had to design a brand new bottle for it to work. The new product, which is called Drinkfinity, isn’t carbonated and features healthy ingredients like chia seeds. To drink it,…
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