The deadly protests could leave a lasting effect on the country’s manufacturing economy, as curfews close factories and companies potentially move operations.
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Attorneys To Judge: Dismiss Lawsuit Against Stanley Drinkware’s Parent Company
Throw it out. That’s what Pacific Market International (PMI), parent company of the popular Stanley tumbler drinkware brand, wants a federal judge to do with a class action lawsuit consumers brought against it over lead concerns. On Wednesday July 31, attorneys for PMI filed a motion in federal court in Washington state to dismiss the…
Read MoreJeffrey Nanus Retires as President of $40M Supplier AAA Innovations
The move comes nearly five months after AAA was acquired by Sign-Zone, parent firm of Counselor Top 40 supplier Showdown Displays.
Read MoreEnd-Buyer Research: Companies With 11-50 Employees
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…
Read MoreCimpress Grows Sales and Earnings in Its Full 2024 Fiscal Year
Cimpress’s flagship VistaPrint brand and National Pen, a former Top 40 firm, helped fuel the top-and bottom-line expansions.
Read MoreIPS’s ‘STiCKi’ Rebrand Reflects ‘Single-Source Supplier’ Status
The purpose of a brand name is to stick with the customer. When IPS wanted to rebrand to reflect its new identity beyond just traditional print products and as a service provider to the promotional products industry, it looked at the name of one of the products it currently offered and saw potential as a…
Read MoreWhite House Cutting Federal Procurement of Single-Use Plastic
The Biden-Harris administration, citing the scope of the plastic pollution crisis, wants to phase single-use plastics from federal operations by 2035.
Read MoreInktavo Acquires Clarity Software
Inktavo, a provider of integrated software solutions for branded merch businesses, has acquired Clarity Software, a U.K.-based management information system software vendor that specializes in job pricing, inventory management and production management for the signs and graphics industry and other markets.
Read MoreRenewal for Trade Act Important to Promo Sourcing Unlikely Before Next Year
The African Growth Opportunity Act has become pivotal to the supply chains of some major promotional products suppliers, and is unlikely to be renewed before the end of 2024, but officials still believe the agreement will be extended before it expires next year.
Read MoreThe Hard Sell: How Buyer Apprehension Results in Smaller, Less Frequent Orders and More Affordable Products
The health of the economy has been debated, but what’s indisputable is that consumers and business buyers have approached this year with caution. The proof can been seen in promo industry sales; in Q3 last year, industry growth slowed to 2.4%, and then .1% in the fourth quarter.
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