Chocolate Inn/Taylor & Grant, Freeport, N.Y., announced it has developed various ways of printing on Custom Chocolate Buttons and other confectionery items utilizing state-of-the-art equipment and a proprietary candy imprinting process.
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The Wisconsin Badgers are in the Final Four, and that means one thing: red-and-white merch sales are booming. Or, were booming, in the case of one popular T-shirt.
Read MoreQuality Certification Alliance (QCA), the promotional products industry’s nonprofit accreditation organization, welcomed The Clouser Group, Hershey, Pa., to its Distributor Advocacy Council.
Read MoreStaples, Framingham, Mass., released its fourth quarter, ending Jan. 31, and full-year 2014 results.
Read MoreDov Charney, founder and former CEO of American Apparel, is suing his former business—which fired him in December—for $40 million in damages.
Read MoreLas Vegas-based suppliers Visstun, Digispec and CounterPoint announced the hiring of Sharon Kennedy as trade show coordinator. In this role, she will assist in trade show and travel activities for the three suppliers.
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It’s actually no “secret” that a successful business is driven by knowledge. Knowledge is power in an increasingly more challenging business environment. My PPAI award-winning FreePromoTips.com industry resource program has been offering relevant business-building information and industry commentary for years.
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Decoration is one of the most important parts of an order. A decorated shirt offers something different than a plain shirt. It may seem clear-cut—place logo here—but it’s more complex than that. What type of decoration works on this fabric? Which has the desired look the client wants? Where will the imprint make the most impact? We spoke to Vantage Apparel, Avenel, N.J., and Stahls’ DFC, Masontown, Pa., to learn tips in five areas distributors should focus on when deciding the best imprint method for a client.
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For many Americans, home is where the office is. According to a recent Gallup poll, adults employed full-time reported working an average of 47 hours each week, essentially tacking on an extra day to the workweek. This number has remained relatively steady over the past decade, and as more executives push a “do more with less” agenda on their staff, it only has one direction to go: up.
Read MoreiPROMOTEu, Wayland, Mass., started a new initiative called A Woman’s View, which was designed for the growing number of women in the promotional products industry. At iPROMOTEu, 43 percent of distributors are women, so the program aims to support the unique needs specific to the trade’s businesswomen.
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