It seems like every week I read an article lamenting the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) and the efforts underway in Congress to roll back some of the provisions of this law.
Read MoreA State of Confusion?
Category: Laws and Regulations
Sell Your Strengths, Respect Your Competitors
Raise your hand if you like negative campaign ads.
No hands? I’m not surprised.
If You Sell Promotional Products, Learn to Read a Test Report
I know, I know. Boring technical jargon. It’s all true. But unless you have someone else in your company to take care of this for you, you can’t afford not to know how to read a test report.
Read MoreIs It a Toy? We May Find Out Soon.
Think you know a toy when you see one? We should soon find out if the Consumer Product Safety Commission agrees with you.
Read More“Good morning. I’m calling from the Consumer Product Safety Commission.”
It isn’t hard to imagine how the call would go.
Read MoreThe Problem with Test Reports
It was one of our hottest selling bags and we were flat out-of-stock. At least a dozen backorders had already piled up by the time the container with 150,000 new pieces finally arrived at our receiving dock.
Read MoreTrying To Be Perfect In An Imperfect World
More and more suppliers are investing significant time and effort to developing compliance programs. Can these comprehensive plans guarantee that all these suppliers’ products are 100 percent safe and compliant? I regularly hear these questions from end-buyers and distributors alike.
Read MoreProduct Safety: New Threats and the Biggest Problem Today
Some new product safety concerns that may become issues in the future, as well some discussion on the biggest safety problem facing the industry today.
Read MoreProblem or Opportunity for Promotional Products Distributors?
At a Harvard program I enrolled in many years ago, the great Marty Marshall taught us the three most important words in the marketing lexicon: What’s going on?
Read MoreWhat Matters Most is Protecting Your Customer
It started with such a simple and noble objective—protecting children from lead and other toxins.
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