Storm Duds Raingear, Attleboro, Mass., announced the hiring of Michelle DeMayo as national account manager and Alan Rice as multi-line representative. DeMayo came to Storm Duds in August 2020 with 28 years of sales experience. She started working in the scholastic and collegiate jewelry industry before entering the promotional products industry several years ago as…
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HALO Branded Solutions, Sterling, Ill., announced the retirement of industry veteran Mark Ziskind. Ziskind, a 23-year industry executive, has served the past three years as divisional president of HALO’s CSE and CMG business units…
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Gemline, Lawrence, Mass., announced a strategic partnership with Colorado-based Osprey. This partnership brings the highly regarded and much sought-after outdoor retail brand and their innovative products to Gemline’s growing product portfolio of premium brand partners. Osprey is world-renowned for its functional, high performance gear that reflects a love of adventure and devotion to the outdoors,…
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Chocolate Inn | Lanco, Hicksville, N.Y., announced that it has entered into a relationship with Mrs. Fields to represent the company’s products in the promotional products industry for sales to promotional products distributors. The initial product offerings will feature three-pack nibbler-size versions of the Mrs. Fields classic chocolate chip cookies, white chocolate macadamia nut cookies and…
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epluno, like most companies, was not prepared for what 2020 would bring. The software, e-commerce and fulfillment company headquartered in Miamisburg, Ohio, has traditionally supported the school, medical and corporate apparel industries with technology and apparel series. At the beginning of 2020, epluno partnered with A+ School Apparel to bring their retail partners a comprehensive…
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alphabroder, Trevose, Pa., unveiled TM Studios, a virtual content hub that provides promotional products professionals with fresh and timely collateral. TM Studios consists of three distinct, easy-to-use sections: The Virtual Content Library, What’s New, and Digital Lookbooks. For a need-it-now solution, the Virtual Content Library contains eye-catching flyers, inspirational boards, and powerful emails that an…
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The Vernon Company, Newton, Iowa, has announced the addition of Lisa Hubbard as the company’s new vice president of sales and marketing, effective Nov. 16, 2020. Hubbard brings with her more than 20 years of sales and marketing leadership experience. She most recently served as vice president of sales,…
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Facilisgroup, St. Louis, hosted REBOUND-Q4, a four-week series of engaging webinars and interactive sessions focused on continuing the success of Facilisgroup’s distributor partners in Q4. “While we have seen many of our partners persevere through 2020 and collectively show year-over-year growth, we wanted to end the year on a high note, and position our Partners…
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Amy Rabideau has joined eXtendTech, Montville, N.J., a NetSuite application provider with a focus on the promotional products industry, as senior project director. Rabideau has more than 20 years of experience on both the supplier and distributor sides of the promotional products industry, and is most recently the former director of purchasing at Summit Group.…
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Our first Back to Business Virtual Power Meeting event, held at the end of summer, was designed specifically to help distributors and suppliers connect and generate business. Based on the feedback from distributors and suppliers who attended the event, it was a no-brainer to do another one…
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