Vantage Apparel Announces Sales Team Addition

Vantage Apparel has hired Kim Schalk as the sales representative for Wisconsin. Schalk joins Vantage Apparel with 18 years experience in the promotional products market, having most recently held the position of promotional products consultant for a Wisconsin-based distributor. Schalk can be reached at (732) 340-3187 or via email at [email protected].

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Product of the Day: Richard’s Gourmet Coffee – (10 oz.)

The good news? Daylight Saving Time ended this Sunday and we all gained a free hour into our lives. The better news? There is a magic substance known as “coffee” that can give you all the free hours you’ll ever need, provided you have the time to take a drink. Help your clients leave Daylight Saving in dreamland where it belongs with a time-bending surge of productivity from this bitter and beautiful drink, ideally from a fine source such as the 10 oz. Bags from Richard’s Gourmet Coffee. 

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Industry Expert Dick Kulick Joins the Proforma Family

Distributor network Proforma recently announced industry expert Dick Kulick has joined the Proforma Worldwide Support Center team as director of business development—training & coaching. In his role at Proforma, Kulick’s primary functions include assisting Proforma owners in executing their business development plans, creating client presentations and supporting their major account initiatives through on-site client presentations and impactful RPF/RFI development.

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3M the Target of $30 Million in Blackmail?

Though 3M, the parent company of 3M Promotional Products, was recently ordered to pay $1.3 million in damages to the Porton Group, a British investment fund, it has annouced today that it will press ahead with a lawsuit of its own claiming that its accusers targeted it with $30 million in blackmail.

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Obama like the Grateful Dead?

In a daily roundup of trademark news, Bloomberg Businessweek published some follow-up information on the Obama Campaign’s trademark lawsuit against Washington Promotions & Printing Inc. and its subsidiary Demstore.com, including quotations from its owner.

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