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Goldstar Pens’ Parker Melvin on Switching From Distributor to Supplier, How Both Sides of Promo Work Together

Before joining Goldstar Pens, Parker Melvin spent his entire promo career on the distributor side of the industry. That makes him uniquely qualified to talk about the state of collaboration and communication between distributors and suppliers—what’s working and what needs work. Plus, Sean and Brendan discuss Disney’s move to eliminate plastic straws at its theme parks, and analyze the most important and exciting story of the summer: SHARK HEIST 2018!…

On episode 4 of the Promo Marketing Podcast, PPAI’s Paul Bellantone joined Sean and Brendan for a wide-ranging discussion on mergers and acquisitions, outside competition, Promotional Products Work! Week, Legislative Education and Action Day, and why it’s time for the promo industry to grow up and start respecting itself, dangit! Plus, have you seen those apology commercials from Uber, Facebook and Wells Fargo? Man are they bad!…

In episode 3 of the Promo Marketing Podcast, Dan Jellinek of The Magnet Group gave us the inside scoop on pricing, products, color trends and much more from his trip to the Hong Kong Gifts & Premium Fair. Plus: a shipping change the promo industry should steal from Amazon, the perils of 13-hour flights with no way to charge your electronics, and terrible meeting advice from Elon Musk…

Tariffs, trade wars and other scary-sounding words have been all over the news, but how much will the proposed tariffs actually impact the promotional products industry? In episode 2 of the Promo Marketing Podcast, we try to answer that question as we chat with Caro Krissman, former CEO of Source Abroad, and the gang from INLT, Caro’s new customs brokerage firm. Plus, an update on the surprise closing of Nationwide Promotions LLC, and a topic we hold very dear—SPACE HOTEL!