The end of the year always brings exciting and important announcements, and that’s no different for us at Promo Marketing.
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PM Video Battle: Jetline’s Dr. Evil Versus Motivators’ Johnny Cash
This week: Jetline’s Dr. Evil versus Motivators’ Johnny Cash.
Read MoreCanadian Distributor Accolade Promotion Group Enters U.S. Due To Company Restructuring
Accolade Promotion Group (APG), Toronto, Ontario, announced yesterday its parent company, Golfsmith International, Austin, Texas, plans to merge its promotional product divisions under one leadership team. Golfsmith International divisions Golf Town Corporate Sales, based in Canada, and Golfsmith, based in the U.S., will fall under APG effective Dec. 29. This merger will mark APG’s entrance into into the U.S. marketplace.
Read MoreAlcom Acquires MaCorp Print Group
Alcom Printing Group, Harleysville, Pa., obtained Macorp Print Group, Souderton, Pa., which is just two miles north of Alcom. The acquisition will allow Alcom to couple its printing, packaging and direct mailing offerings with Macorp’s client consolations.
Read MoreBell and Howell Appoints New CEO
Bell and Howell LLC, Durham, N.C., a leading global provider of multi-channel communications solutions, named Ramesh Ratan as its CEO, effective Jan. 3, 2014.
Read MoreSanMar Employees Raise Nearly $100,000 for Local Charities
Employees of SanMar, a leading industry supplier of apparel and accessories, raised over $96,000 in money, clothing and goods for seven charities. SanMarathon events, hosted at each of the company’s seven distribution centers around the country and corporate office, allowed employees to run, walk or cheer their way to the final donation.
Read MoreClever Journal Rethinks How We Organize Our Time
The “Passion Planner,” a yearly planner designed to help users organize and plan for both personal and professional goals, recently had its manufacturing successfully funded through Kickstarter. The 160-page, leather-bound planner uses an innovative mix of calendar, note and list space to break up a user’s goals for the year into easy to manage pieces. The Kickstarter page describes the planner and its features as
Read MoreRobert Adler Becomes Acting Chairman of U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Robert (Bob) Adler became acting chairman of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) on December 1, 2013. Mr. Adler, who has served as a commissioner at CPSC since 2009, said, “I have worked at or been connected with this great safety agency for nearly 40 years. I am passionate about our mission, our staff, and those whom we serve every day, and I am honored to lead CPSC in this new role.”
Read MoreColoring Book Solutions Makes Acquisition
Coloring Book Solutions of Ashland, Ohio, recently announced it has acquired the assets of Coloring Book Advantages. Coloring Book Solutions is a leading supplier of children’s educational activity books, information guides, and charts servicing the health, wellness, safety and financial markets.
Read MoreTeen Hospitalized, Receives Surgery After Swallowing Toy Magnets
ABC recently reported that Christin Rivas, a 14 year-old girl from Melbourne, Florida, required lower intestinal surgery after swallowing two small rare-earth magnetic desk toy balls. The article describes Rivas’s ordeal with the magnets in great detail, including how she came about swallowing them (she didn’t want to set them on the bathroom floor), how the doctors didn’t realize the danger at first (which could have resulted in her death, since the magnets had reached her small intestine and were not passing), and how she got a hold of the magnets in the first place (from a friend in her church group).
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