A lot of distributors in our industry are spending many long days behind their desks. They’re entering orders, keeping the books and creating to-do lists—and doing it all over again the next day. But the truth is there’s no money on your side of the desk. You will never become wealthy sitting behind your desk doing $20-an-hour work day-in and day-out. If you want to achieve wealth, you have to go out and get it.
Read MoreMinneapolis investment firm Norwest Equity Partners (NEP) purchased Apothecary Products Inc., a Burnsville, Minnesota-based health care and pharmacy products supplier with a manufacturing facility in St. Charles, Mich. The transaction closed Friday, but financial terms were not disclosed.
Read MoreIncentive Magazine, which recognizes the most effective and creative incentive and engagement programs of the year with its Motivation Masters Awards, named Rymax Marketing Services’ work with Patterson Dental—a St. Paul, Minnesota-based supplier of dental equipment, software, technology and services—as its Master Motivator in the sales incentive category.
Read MoreThe Yankee Candle Co. Inc., South Deerfield, Mass., announced its leap into the promotional products industry last week.
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It seems like a new smartphone/tablet/e-reader/watch/time machine is introduced every month, which makes products for earlier models seem outdated to users. That custom iPhone 3 case isn’t giving many impressions at the bottom of a junk drawer, now is it?
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Playing golf is hard. Fortunately, selling golf is nothing like playing it. You don’t need to master any fancy tricks or learn any confusing lingo. All you need is some basic knowledge on popular gear and proven sales strategies. Here are eight tips to get you started.
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The United States real estate market has had a slow recovery since the recession, but consumers are finally interested in buying again—which means Realtors and property managers need to start attracting them.
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The American-made comeback has strengthened with criticisms of foreign-made products making headlines. U.S. manufacturing offers many benefits, such as job creation, safer working conditions and stricter environmental regulations.
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Golf apparel has come a long way since a simple cotton men’s polo. Now, the category is as complex and diverse as any other, full of its own distinctive features, decoration strategies, and style offerings for both men and women.
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It shouldn’t surprise anyone that, these days, cellphones are big business. And where there’s big business, there’s a big marketing opportunity
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