Editorial Type: Columns/Opinions

“Surf’s Up”: Our Industry Is At A Tipping Point

Brent Stone

This week, I attended the PPAI North American Leadership Conference and inaugural PPAI Product Safety Summit, where it became evident the promotional products industry has arrived at a critical industry tipping point.

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Supply Chain Transparency and Control

Brent Stone

Corporate America’s expectations for supply chain transparency and control continue to grow as companies work to manage growing risk in light of the evolving product safety and compliance environment.

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Compliance: The Need For An Industry Standard

Brent Stone

Being a distributor in today’s business environment is challenging. But the sales cycle has become even more complex due to the variety of compliance expectations from end-buyer customers.

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Ash City: Eye on Asia

Garry Hurvitz, president and CEO of Ash City USA, released the July 2011 edition of his “Eye on Asia” newsletter. Click through for a full reprinting of the letter, which forcasts apparel price increases that may affect the industry in 2012 and beyond.

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Social Media – Old Tools in New Packaging

Paul Kiewiet

I’ve been talking abou the transformative changes taking place in the workplace today, and social media appears at first glance to be a whole new ballgame. But just as you experienced a change when you traded your vinyl records to shiny new compact discs and a transformation when you now carry all of your music library on your phone—you’re still listening to music.

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Indemnification: Are You—And Your Clients—Really Protected?

Brent Stone

While the concept behind indemnification agreements is understandable, they fail to address one crucial question: How do indemnification agreements protect the end buyer’s brand?

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