Drum-Line, Stuttgart, Ark., has completed construction on a building expansion. The facility added an additional 10,000 square feet, bringing the production facility to 85,000 square feet. The company primarily will use the additional space for calendar production. Drum-Line has seen growth in this category over the last five years. The increased space allows for more…
Read MorePM Video Battle: Next Products Versus BIC Graphic
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: We’re not going to let these spring-like temperatures in the Northeast steal our holiday spirit. You’ll still find us sweating it out in our ugly holiday sweaters.) Last week,…
Read MoreWindswept Marketing Offers Indirect Embroidery Option
Arden, North Carolina-based Windswept Marketing offers Indirect Embroidery, which bonds logos to almost any kind of apparel, in any place—like the bill of a hat, jean pockets, shirt pockets and collars, bags, portfolios, neoprene, and other areas that cannot be “hooped” by standard embroidery. Because Indirect Embroidery adheres to the outside of an item (as opposed…
Read MoreIs Amazon Launching Its Own Air-delivery Cargo Service?
Amazon wants to build its own air-delivery cargo service to avoid potential delays from third-party carriers, like UPS and FedEx, and is in negotiations to lease 20 Boeing 767 jets to further that goal, reports The Seattle Times…
Read MoreA Run in Her Silky Sheer Black Stockings
As she slowly pulled the sheer black nylon stocking up along her shapely leg, her bright red fingernail caught at the edge, causing a fresh run to skittle down her thigh toward her shimmering midnight calf. OK, as much as I love them, that’s about all we’ll be talking about black stockings in this article.…
Read MoreAlibaba Hires Former Apple Investigator to Fight Counterfeits
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. hired an investigator to rid the Chinese e-commerce business of counterfeit goods. According to Bloomberg, the investigator, Matthew Bassiur, previously helped Apple Inc. find fake iPhones and investigate copyright infringement. Bassiur formerly was a vice president for Pfizer Inc. and computer crimes prosecutor for the U.S. Department of Justice. As the…
Read More3 Pens to Show Off at the Office
Everyone has a favorite pen. Whether it’s because it has a name engraved on it, it has a comfortable rubber grip or the ink is smoother than Barry White’s voice. We found three pens that stand out to us because of their designs and functions. 1. Writing electrified Scientists at the University of Western Ontario…
Read MoreAmerican Solutions for Business Names IT Senior Director
American Solutions for Business (ASB), Glenwood, Minn., named Eric Gorghuber information technology senior director, effective Dec. 21. After joining the company in 2011, Gorghuber has held a key role in bringing the PeopleSoft application to a stable and reliable state for…
Read MoreApple Patent Application Reveals 3-D Printer Plans
An Apple patent application for a color 3-D printer surfaced in December, hinting that the consumer tech giant is looking to develop a commercial 3-D printer. According to The Motley Fool, Apple submitted the application, titled “Method and Apparatus for Three Dimensional Printing…
Read MoreAmerican Apparel Works with Sierra Leone Artisans for T-shirt Collection
American Apparel, Los Angeles, has teamed up with artisans from Sierra Leone to create a limited edition T-shirt collection. According to Apparel, a New York-based creative named Massah KaiKai pitched the idea to American Apparel. KaiKai wanted to use the project to shift the focus from the…
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