Goldstar, San Diego, recently announced it will expand imprint areas for several of its writing instruments. The expansion provides new, larger standard imprint areas on some of the supplier’s most popular metal pens and adds LaserMax, which increases overall imprint size by up to 350 percent.
Read MoreOut of Network
Promo Marketing had certain expectations when interviewing sources for the health care feature: We’d hear about hospitals and sunscreen, mostly. While we did hear about those, we learned something new: Health care promotions no longer revolve around health care companies or products. The most successful wellness-related promotions were ones for companies outside of the health care market that used items not typically seen at hospitals and health centers. Here’s how to tackle the health care market from the outside.
Read MoreThe Trendy & T-shirted
It felt like spring would never get here, but it’s finally time to put those sweaters and heavy jackets away and pull out the tanks and sandals. In the promo industry, we plan months in advance, so selling your clients apparel that is not in-season is common, but you have to make sure you keep them in style too. You may feel more comfortable suggesting basic T-shirts and tanks since they are wardrobe staples, but why not toss some trendy alternatives at your clients to give them some hip exposure?
Read MorePM Video Battle: Bag Makers’ Kind Hearts vs. Motivators’ Office Pranks
Who will be victorious in this week’s video battle: Bag Makers or Motivators Promotional Products?
Read MoreMy Best Promotion
Safety promotions are a popular topic in My Best Promotion. Whatever the reason is—be it their effectiveness, lucrativeness, or ease of execution—everyone wants to talk and learn about safety promotions. Kirby Hasseman, president of Hasseman Marketing & Communications, Coshocton, Ohio, shared another great safety incentive program for the My Best Promotion collection.
Read MorePerry Ellis International Reports Fourth Quarter & Full Fiscal 2014 Results
Perry Ellis International Inc. reported results for the fourth quarter and the fiscal year ended Feb. 1, 2014.
Read MorePrime Line Celebrates Rubik’s 40th Anniversary
Prime Line, Bridgeport, Conn., is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the invention of the Rubik’s Cube by waiving set-up charges on domestic Rubik’s orders for the month of April.
Read MoreQuad/Graphics to Acquire Brown Printing Company
Quad/Graphics Inc., Sussex, Wis., and Brown Printing Company today jointly announced a definitive agreement whereby Quad/Graphics will acquire Brown, which serves premier publishers and catalogers with printing, distribution and integrated media solutions.
Read MoreMidnite Snax Completes Move to New Headquarters
Midnite Snax announced that it has relocated to a new, state-of-the-art 75,000 sq. ft. manufacturing and production facility in Bethpage, N.Y. The new headquarters has been custom built with the highest of food safety standards and has achieved Safe Quality Food Level 2 Certification (SQF), a rarity in the promotional products industry.
Read MoreForman Mills Agrees to Pay $600,000 Civil Penalty for Failure to Report Drawstrings in Children’s Upper Outerwear
CPSC announced that Forman Mills Inc. will pay a $600,000 civil penalty for failing to report the sale of children’s upper outerwear garments with drawstrings.
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