Gildan Activewear, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, recently announced its results for the three months ended Oct. 4, 2015, and updated its sales and earnings guidance for calendar year 2015. Adjusted diluted earnings-per-share (EPS) for the third calendar quarter was in line with the company’s previous guidance. Results for the fourth calendar quarter are expected to be significantly…
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Selco, a custom watch manufacturer in Tulsa, Okla., welcomed Gavin Little to its sales team as an account manager. In addition to managing customer accounts, Little will make sales calls and travel to trade shows. “Each day I have the opportunity to help distributors in many…
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Quad/Graphics, Sussex, Wis., a printer of consumer magazines and catalogs, is laying off 422 workers at its East Greenville, Pa., facility, according to Philadelphia Magazine. The layoffs are scheduled to begin on or around Jan. 3, 2016. Claire Ho, a spokesperson for Quad/Graphics, told Philadelphia Magazine that this is a “challenging time in the printing…
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Terie Vickers-Craig, the former director of vendor relations for Canada-based distributor BrandAlliance, will now serve as the director of supplier partnerships for North America for A Brand Company, Charlotte, N.C. This announcement comes on the heels of the recent merger between A Brand Company and BrandAlliance in July. As part of that merger, A Brand…
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Huffermen Inc., has teamed up with Clean Designs to produce and offer the award-winning Clean Bottle. Clean Bottle is well-known for its appearance and success from the television show “Shark Tank.” The bottle company’s owner and founder, Dave Meyer, used former NBA star Bill Walton…
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R.S. Owens, Chicago, announced the completion of the annual Phil Simms All Iron Award. Simms, one of CBS television’s lead analysts for NFL coverage, traditionally announced the winners of the “Phil Simms All Iron Team” on Thanksgiving Day since 1999. The award honors top NFL…
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Two Chinese state-owned shipping companies—China Ocean Shipping Co. (COSCO) and China Shipping Group—are currently working to merge, which would create the world’s fourth-largest container shipping line, according to Seeking Alpha. The merger is a part of the Communist Party of China’s plan to reform state-owned…
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In 2010, Huntington Bank, Columbus, Ohio, hoped to create a “welcoming” image through a rebrand, and part of that effort involved unchaining the pens at the bank. After doing so, the bank estimates that it has given away nearly 32 million Huntington Bank pens.…
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Towel Specialties, Baltimore, announced that Eva Brannon has been promoted to the position of Western regional sales director within the inside sales department. Prior to the promotion, Brannon served 10 years in the customer service department. “Eva will closely be assisting our outside sales reps and focusing on inside sales in the Western region of…
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What are you going to do in 2016 that is going to make you even more relevant in 2017? What are you going to do to create the customer experience needed to ensure that you can compete and flourish long term? Are you going to curse the online challengers who are driving you crazy? Or,…
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