SandlerResearch.org, Pune, India, released its forecasts for the future global safety apparel market. The research company expects the global safety apparel market to grow 8.12 percent from 2016 to 2020. The Global Safety Apparel Market 2016-2020 report cited nanotechnology…
Read MoreListen to Me!
This is what you clients want. This is what your staff wants. This is what your colleagues want. This is what baby boomers want. This is what millennials want. This is what my kids want. This is what my wife wants. This is a nearly universal truth. People want to be heard. Listen. Listening is…
Read MoreClemson University Takes Legal Action Against University of Alabama T-shirt
It seems college football rivalries are heating up, and T-shirts have become the recent battleground. First, the University of Southern California (USC) campus bookstore released a “Roll Tears Roll” T-shirt, an insult geared toward Alabama’s “Roll Tide” slogan, ahead of the Alabama-USC opener Saturday. And now, an unaffiliated University of Alabama T-shirt has garnered legal action, according…
Read More3 Types of Business Plans: Which Do You Have? Part 2
In my last article, I wrote about the first type of business plan, which is really having no plan at all. The sad fact is that more than 90 percent of business owners and sales representatives have no real plan for their businesses or their lives. The second of the three types of plans is…
Read MoreGlobal Licensed Merchandise Sales Top Last Year’s Numbers by $10B
Thanks to blockbusters like “Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens” and “Minions,” Marketplace reported that global retail sales of licensed merchandise are up approximately $10 billion over last year, according to a…
Read MoreSuit Up: Tips for Selling Rugged and Safety Apparel
Just like you would never cut corners while building a skyscraper, digging a water line or fixing a subway car, labor workers don’t want the companies that make their apparel to cut corners, either. End-users want apparel and gear that works as hard as they do. For distributors, that means providing products that have durable…
Read MoreLast Chance to Vote! PM Video Battle: EMT Versus Minuteman Press South Hills
Promo Marketing’s Video Battle pits two industry videos against each other for the chance at the ultimate bragging right: Being declared our readership’s absolute favorite. Last week, EMT won, and now will face off against Minuteman Press South Hills. The winner will be decided by a simple poll. The poll will close the morning of Friday,…
Read MoreTerry Town Adds Two Multi-line Sales Representatives
Terry Town, a San Diego, California-based supplier of towels, blankets and robes, announced the hiring of Scott Blankenship and Sharon Wohlleber to represent the company in the Southwest territory. They will represent the line in Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Arkansas. “My first attraction to Scott and Sharon was their experience, but have learned that there’s…
Read MoreXerox Introduces Printer Nozzles Half the Size of a Human Hair
Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., introduced stainless steel nozzles inside its new Direct to Object Inkjet Printer that are half the diameter of a human hair for personalizing 3-D objects. According to a press release, the nozzles are in print heads that are about the size of a deck of cards, and spray ink on objects, such…
Read MoreThe Magnet Group Promotes Aaron Gunderson to Senior Vice President
The Magnet Group, Washington, Mo., announced this week that it has promoted Aaron Gunderson to senior vice president of sales for its brands Magnet, Innovations by Magnet, Benchmark Clocks and Crystal, The Bag Factory, The 1919 Candy Co., Perfect Line, and Castelli. Gunderson has held several sales leadership roles in the industry over the last 20…
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