S&S Activewear Opens Kansas Location

S&S Activewear, Bolingbrook, Ill., announced that its warehouse in Olathe, Kan., is now open. The new, 473,000 sq. ft. facility began receiving goods in the spring, and started shipping to customers in May. The customer pick-up window opened June 15, making the company’s fourth location fully operational and increasing its combined warehouse size to 1.5…

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Taylor Corp. Completes Acquisition of Staples Print Solutions

Taylor Corp., North Mankato, Minn., has completed its acquisition of Framingham, Massachusetts-based Staples Print Solutions after announcing its intent to acquire the subsidiary of Staples Inc. in April 2016. “The successful close further strengthens our foundation for future growth,” Deb Taylor, CEO of Taylor Corp., said in a press release. “We are pleased to add…

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The Rolling Stones Were Wrong

In the Rolling Stones’ famous song, they say, “You can’t always get what you want, but … you get what you need.” We all know that’s wrong. We don’t always get what we need. I believe we get what we see. Getting what you see is the practice of visualization—creating vivid pictures in your mind…

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Using ‘Leading Periods’ to Organize Sales Orders

Question: I use QuickBooks Premier. I have orders where copy or instructions are frequently the same. When I create these sales orders, is there a way to get these words onto the order without retyping them every time? Answer: Yes. You can save and reuse words or phrases that you use often by creating a…

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PPAI Appoints Strom to Board

Promotional Products Association International (PPAI), Irving, Texas, has announced that Lee Strom, vice president of marketing and chief marketing officer of Issaquah, Washington-based supplier SanMar, has joined the PPAI board of directors, effective immediately. PPAI board chair Tom Goos, MAS, appointed Strom…

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Last Chance to Vote! PM Video Battle: Maple Ridge Farms Versus IDProductSource

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. (Next up: Hope everyone has a great holiday weekend! We’re excited to eat too many hot dogs and lay down to watch fireworks here in Philadelphia!) Last week, Maple Ridge Farms got…

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