The Civil War’s finale in April 1865 didn’t mark the end of slavery. Though the Emancipation Proclamation had been enacted two years prior, Abraham Lincoln’s decree that freed all slaves in the Confederacy couldn’t be enforced in still-contested states. Soldiers marched through the South months after the war ended, proclaiming slaves’ emancipation and enforcing it…
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The Fed last week indicated that it’s eyeing only one interest rate cut this year, down from three. Executives weigh in on what that means for the promo industry.
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Bag Makers CEO Maribeth Sandford details how she went from buying one printer and decorating bags by night to selling 90 million bags annually.
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has sued Adobe and two of its executives, saying the maker of Creative Cloud is deceiving consumers by hiding hefty termination fees and strategically putting up roadblocks that make canceling a subscription difficult. The FTC says the actions of the software maker, David Wadhwani, president of the firm’s digital media…
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Counselor Top 40 supplier Delta Apparel (asi/49172) is suspending operations at its manufacturing plant in Honduras, a move that will reportedly affect 2,413 employees. The shutdown, which will last at least 120 days, is a result of ongoing liquidity challenges that have come amid a time of plummeting sales, steep loses, and high-profile executive departures that reportedly have…
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In the hunt for more environmentally friendly packaging and food products, restaurants and other food-industry businesses have been trying to hit a moving target sort of. The legislation changes and varies from state to state and country to country. And legislation is more concrete – consumer habits are even more challenging to meet. But companies…
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ASI Research has launched a new series profiling the people distributors work with most closely: end-buyers. Each week we’ll release a new data set that spotlights one of eight markets and looks at end-buyers through demographics such as gender, region and company size. Read the previous entries in our End-Buyer research series. This week, our research focuses…
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Entitled? Far from it. These young execs reveal how they’re meeting the challenge of continuing the family legacy.
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Last summer our son got married, and as a gift for his parents he gave us an awesome picture book of the wedding. As I flipped through that book, I came upon a picture of me. I was horrified. Did I really look like the person in that picture?! In that moment, I decided I…
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The idea of offering a client a one-stop shop is pretty appealing. Especially in the age of kitting, customers want to place a single order for their print products, their apparel, and their promo products. The easier you can make the process for them, the more likely they are to repeat business and tell their…
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