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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While consolidation is a variable to watch, some experts believe “true consolidation” is impossible thanks to the diversity of the print and promo industries.
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The craft beer industry may be at an inflection point, and in that lies potential opportunity for promotional product distributors. Craft beer brewers have been one of America’s great small-business success stories of recent decades. Thousands of independent breweries have sprouted nationwide, creating jobs under local ownership and suds-style diversity in a marketplace once completely…
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Tech brands like Google and HP are turning to paper products to make their packaging more sustainable.
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Fast food companies and restaurants have been on the hunt for a greener food packaging option for years. Here in the U.S., it’s often just adapting to consumer buying habits as younger generations demand environmentalism from the businesses they buy from, but other times both domestically and abroad, it’s the result of changes in legislation…
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