A rash of early-week severe weather spawned reported tornados in Michigan, Missouri, Oklahoma, Ohio and other states, devastating some areas and creating challenges for companies in the print and promotional products industries.
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SanMar, Issaquah, Washington, has been selected as a 2024 U.S. Best Managed Company by Deloitte Private and the Wall Street Journal.
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Orangeburg, New York distributor Zagwear has tapped promo industry veteran Deborah Gaspar to elevate sales to the next level
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SnugZ USA has released its first-ever environmental, social and governance (ESG) report, dubbed “Elevated Together.”
Read MoreAdidas tried to re-open its trademark case against designer Thom Browne over horizontal stripes, but the court wasn’t having it.
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A federal judge has ruled that three lawsuits related to the presence of lead in Stanley tumblers can be consolidated into one case, and denied a motion from the drinkware maker’s parent company to dismiss two of the complaints.
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As a battle with activist investors and co-founder/former CEO Glenn Chamandy continues, Top 40 supplier Gildan (asi/56842) reported Wednesday, May 1, that its sales dropped 1% and its net earnings were down about 20% year over year in the first quarter of 2024. The financial report comes as the publicly traded apparel manufacturer is reportedly…
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The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) is taking steps to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous substance – a move that could be a boon to the nascent legal cannabis industry and potentially a sales-sparker for promotional products companies.
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This article originally appeared on ASI. To read more, click here. Executive John Lear has joined the promo market – and he’s doing it with Top 40 supplier Logomark (asi/67866). The Tustin, CA-based firm announced May 1 that Lear has come aboard as chief operating officer. Clive Goldberg had…
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Wise Business Forms, Alpharetta, Georgia, announced yesterday that it has acquired Phoenix Data Forms, a print supplier based in Montgomery, Pennsylvania, that specializes in business forms and similar print products. The deal was affective as of April 30, 2024. In a statement issued by Wise, the company said that the acquisition will provide former Phoenix…
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