After a six-year ramp-up period, IDline and ActNow Media have appointed Patrick Napurski as president and owner of Halls & Company. Napurski will focus on continuing the supplier’s strong history of high quality and outstanding customer service. Napurski first started working for Identification Services part-time in 1998 and took his first full-time role at the company as…
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BIC Graphic Hosts Minnesota Congressman John Kline
BIC Graphic was pleased to host John Kline, Congressman for Minnesota’s 2nd District, at their Red Wing, Minn. site on Aug. 7, 2014.
Read MoreTRG Group Hires New Midwest Region Manager
TRG Group, located in St. Louis, has hired Stephen Bell as its new Midwest region manager. Bell will be responsible for sales in the states of Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas and Wisconsin.
Read MoreBeacon Promotions Acquires The Imagery Group
Beacon Promotions, the New Ulm, Minnesota-based supplier, has acquired The Imagery Group out of Nashville, Tenn.
Read MoreSmileyCookie.com Strikes Agreement with Five Independent Sales Representatives
Pittsburgh-based baked goods supplier Smiley Cookie has finalized an agreement with five new independent regional sales representatives: Jon Wendinger, representing Minnesota, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota and North Dakota; dual team Wayne Burden and Roberta Reiss, representing Northern New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine; Mark Thieleke, representing North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia; Penny Hughes, representing Florida; and Vince Bagwell, representing Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama.
Read MoreUMAPP President Responds to Minnesota Eyewitness News Report
Sue Kennedy, president of the UMAPP board of directors and regional sales manager for Crown Products, contacted Promo Marketing to provide further details about yesterday’s KSTP 5 Eyewitness News article.
Read MoreMinnesota News Report Attacks Promotional Products Industry
A report aired Sunday night on 5 Eyewitness News in Minnesota, criticizing the state for spending money on promotional products. Watch the video and let us know what you think.
Read MoreStarline USA Announces New Hires
Starline USA announced two new hires this week. Paula Coomer has joined the company as regional sales manager for Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota, and Anthony Destino has joined the inside sales team as an inside sales representative working with the Northeast territory.
Read MoreFey Promotional Products Group Hires Director of Marketing
Edgerton, Minnesota-based Fey Promotional Products Group announced the addition of Ron Williams as its new director of marketing.
Read MoreDo Gooders!
It’s easy to pigeonhole social responsibility into being about nothing more than driving a hybrid and saving old growth forests. The green movements power and celebrity, while valuable, can overshadow the other acts of human kindness that sustain societies as much as clean air, food and water.On both the supplier and distributor side of the…
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