Republicans announced that the party has appointed U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx of North Carolina to lead the House education and workforce committee under President-elect Donald Trump. Foxx, who has a history of opposing proposals from the Obama administration, could be the final nail in coffin for the Department of Labor’s new overtime pay regulations in…
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Amazon always has been known for its ability to disrupt the commerce space. In its latest move, it’s merging e-commerce and conventional grocery shopping by opening a grocery store without any checkout lines. According to USA Today, the downtown Seattle store allows customers to tap their cellphones on a turnstile at the entrance, connecting them…
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Promotional products professionals understand the necessity to verify their supply chains, especially when it comes to electronic devices. What’s more, they know that counterfeit items can pose a large risk. Citing…
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It looks like chocolate lovers could soon be able to indulge in their guilty pleasure without feeling so guilty, now that Nestle announced that it has found a away to reduce sugar in its candy bars by 40 percent without compromising the taste. According to NPR, Nestle claimed that its scientists have altered the structure…
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A few weeks ago, images surfaced of Kid Rock wearing T-shirts with pro-Trump messages. While Snopes (warning: explicit language) reported that they were, in fact, fake, Kid Rock seems to have taken the whole thing in stride…
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While protestors fought the development of the Dakota Access Pipeline at the Standing Rock Reservaction in North Dakota, some Facebook pages tried to cash in on the movement by selling stolen T-shirt designs and fooling consumers into believing that their money would go toward the protest effort. BuzzFeed reported that the owners of the pages,…
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The Obama administration said that it will challenge a federal court’s decision to block President Barack Obama’s rule to amend overtime regulations. The Department of Labor filed a notice of appeal to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas on Thursday, the same day the new rule was set to take effect,…
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Bag Makers, Union, Ill., announced that its president, Charles D. Sandford, passed away on Friday following a year-long battle with cancer. “I am joined by the entire Bag Makers family in grieving the loss of a great man…
Read MorePromo Marketing’s Video Battle pits two industry videos against each other for the chance at the ultimate bragging right: Being declared our readership’s absolute favorite. (Next up: The weather is in the 60s today, but there are rumors of snow coming to Pennsylvania soon. Make up your mind, nature.) Last week, Maple Ridge Farms secured its third…
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Fruit of the Loom, Bowling Green, Ky., has appointed Melissa Burgess-Taylor as the new chairman and CEO following former CEO Rick Medlin’s death this week. Burgess-Taylor currently is the senior vice president of brand management and…
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