Father’s Day is less than three weeks away. Stuck on ideas for the guy who has everything? Here are 3 great promotional products.
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Raining Rose Inc. Among ICIC and FORTUNE’s Inner City 100 Winners
The Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC) and FORTUNE announced that Raining Rose Inc. (Rank #50) was selected for the 2013 Inner City 100, a list of the fastest-growing inner city companies in the U.S. The Inner City 100 program recognizes successful inner city companies and their CEOs as role models for entrepreneurship, innovative business practices and job creation in America’s urban communities. This is the eighth year Raining Rose Inc. has been recognized.
Read MoreMember of Priestley Household Wins Prime Line’s Grand Prize for Second Consecutive Year
For the second consecutive year, a member of the Priestley household won the grand prize in a Prime Line sponsored promotion at Expo East.
On Tuesday, Doug Priestley won a 50″ flat screen HDTV in Prime Line’s Guess To Win game. Priestley’s guess of 2,491 was the third closest to the actual number of stress balls in Prime’s giant cube, however, the two other distributors who guessed closer were not present for the drawing at Prime’s booth. A video of the grand prize drawing is posted on Prime Line’s Facebook page.
Hess Print Solutions Announces Plan for Sale to Bang Printing
Hess Print Solutions and its subsidiaries (HPS), a provider of accountable print performance solutions and printed products from Brimfield, Ohio, recently announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell substantially all of its assets to an affiliate of Bang Printing.
The decision to sell to Bang Printing followed an extensive process of reviewing various strategic opportunities for HPS that was aimed at ensuring that it will remain a viable long-term business partner for customers, vendors and employees. This sale will allow HPS and Bang Printing to combine their existing capabilities and provide customers with a more diversified suite of products and services.
Read MoreClub Colors Welcomes Two New Members To Corporate Division
Club Colors is pleased to welcome Jason Temme and Heather Yoshimura to its corporate division. Temme has joined the company as corporate sales manager, and Yoshimura has been hired as a corporate marketing specialist.
Read MoreStudy Finds 20% of Children’s Products Manufactured in Singapore to be Unsafe
Nearly one in five children’s products from Singapore, the world’s 14th largest exporter, do not meet accepted standards for product safety according to a state organization. An agency tasked with monitoring product safety reviewed more than 600 children’s products and issued 120 stop-sale notices since 2011.
Read MoreSAAC Announces Full Roster, Set List Theme for All-Star Band
The Specialty Advertising Association of California recently announced the full roster of industry professionals playing in this year’s SAAC All-Star Band. The band will be playing the post-show Mixer & Wine Tasting at the 2013 SAAC Show. The roster list is as follows
Read MoreStaples’ Retail Sales Drop, Promotional Division Remains Steady in Q1
Staples saw first-quarter sales drop three percent to $5.8 billion. The company’s retail and international operations saw declines, while the parent division of Staples Promotional Products had sales at $2 billion, a two percent increase.
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Read MoreThe Empowerment Marketing Conversation
Having a meaningful rather than demeaning conversation with your customers is the key to a successful brand, product or campaign. A meaningful conversation is relatable/relevant, it is engaging, and as marketers we must know our role in this conversation.
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