HALO Branded Solutions, Sterling, Ill., announced the hiring of Heather Bridges as the company’s new chief financial officer. Bridges will succeed Linda Janczkowski, who announced her intention in July to reduce her role within HALO. Bridges will report to HALO CEO Marc Simon. Bridges has had a distinguished career…
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Bella+Canvas, Los Angeles, launched a new online education course for promotional products industry professionals called the “Fashion Apparel Masterclass,” or “FAM” for short. Bella+Canvas set out to create a masterclass that addresses the challenges specific to the promotional products industry and provides solutions that will give members the tools to sell more premium apparel, and…
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Prime Line, Bridgeport, Conn., the hard goods division of alphabroder, launched 250 new items at the industry’s January trade shows and in its 2019 “New and Favorites” catalog. The favorites among distributors at the shows were the Prime-designed Pull-Topper and MopToppers Webcam Security Cover, the Light-Up-Your-Logo Collection, and Marble journals. “Innovative products have always been…
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The Vernon Company, Newton, Iowa, announced that it recently hired Jack Miller as its Western regional sales manager and Pat Patton as its Eastern regional sales manager. While integrated into the sales management team, both Miller and Patton work with Vernon’s top…
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Raining Rose Inc., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has promoted Nate Robson, the current director of promotional sales, to serve as director of business development starting April 1. He will be working in coordination with all the Raining Rose…
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AIA Corporation, Neenah, Wis., hosted a red-carpet celebration at Celebrity Cars of Las Vegas during the 2019 PPAI Expo this week, to commemorate a record-breaking year and recognize the achievements of its owner community. Matt Gresge, CEO of…
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Leed’s, New Kensington, Pa., and FinalStraw, a manufacturer of collapsible, reusable straws, announced their exclusive partnership to bring the FinalStraw brand to the promotional products industry. “Leed’s is an industry leader who understands the importance of corporate social responsibility, so our partnership with them felt very natural,” said Emma Cohen, CEO and co-founder for FinalStraw.…
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AIA Corporation, Neenah, Wis., announced today the promotion of Clay Hall to director of owner success. Since joining AIA in 2015, Hall has served in several roles, including owner success and recruitment, as well as sales development…
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Leed’s, Pittsburgh, announced that it is expanding its CamelBak product offering for 2019. The company will carry backpacks and is adding new drinkware styles from the popular retail brand. Leed’s will begin carrying five CamelBak backpack styles in eight different colors for 2019. The items that will be offered are the CamelBak Hydrobak, CamelBak Arete…
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Advertising Industry Mastermind LLC (AIM) announced today that it has been acquired by Altitude Group Plc, a publicly traded U.K. company with operations in the U.K. and U.S. AIM will continue to operate as AIM under the strategic leadership of Jamie Coggeshall (founder and president) and Nichole Stella (CEO). Financial details of the deal were not disclosed…
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