When Kate Ivory, owner of GIDI Promotions, started out as a distributor more than 20 years ago, something happened that really bothered her. She was immediately offered end-quantity pricing (EQP) by suppliers – even though she’d never worked with those suppliers before. “It’s like, I’ve done nothing to deserve that,” says Ivory, who’s based out…
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Epson announced on Friday that it acquired Fiery LLC, a digital front-end server and workflow solutions provider for the graphic arts and printing industries, for $591 million from private equity firm Siris.
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Company leaders view the Federal Reserve’s Wednesday decision to decrease benchmark short-term borrowing rates as positive for the merch industry.
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Counselor Top 40 distributor iPROMOTEu (asi/232119) has acquired fellow Counselor Top 40 distributor AIA Corporation (asi/109480).
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Maxim Advertising Inc., a distributor based in Newton, IA, made the bold decision to go beyond its core business of promotional products and begin selling print solutions too – a move precipitated by a request from one of its largest clients
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Executives said the Counselor Top 40 supplier will become the exclusive supplier of the drinkware brand in promo and offer expanded imprint options. Tervis is reorganizing through a bankruptcy and plans to focus on the retail channel.
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At last week’s PRINTING United Expo in Las Vegas, which clocked in at nearly 1 million square feet and attracted approximately 30,000 global attendees, Brendan Menapace moderated a panel discussion of four print industry veterans who have mastered the intricacies of selling promo and espoused the lucrative allure of the branded merch sales channel.
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Sports and luxury go hand in hand with this winning aesthetic that covers bags, apparel, accessories and more.
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Unless you’ve been living under the proverbial rock for at least the last decade, you have probably heard about AI, big data, automation, and how those things will change the fabric of the world we live in. And while there are genuine concerns the brightest minds of our generation are pondering even as we speak,…
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Attendees enjoyed eye-catching displays, multi-dimensional apparel decoration and more.
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