The Promotional Products Association International (PPAI) president and CEO Paul Bellantone, CAE, recently presented the “State of the Industry” at the 2013 Tropical Show Town Hall meeting. The show, hosted by the Caribbean Advertising Specialties Association (CASA), ran March 19-20 at the El San Juan Hotel and Casino in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Read MoreThe Flesh Company Adds New Human Resources Manager
The Flesh Company recently announced the addition of Jeana Murphy as human resources manager at the company’s Parsons, Kan. facility. Murphy joins the company with over 20 years of HR experience. “Jeana is the 13th new hire we’ve added since January 1, 2013, and we’re thrilled to have someone with her extensive HR background on our team,” said Barb Eaton, HR director.
Read MoreSAAC Show Announces Educational Presenters for 2013
The Specialty Advertising Association of California (SAAC) has recently released its scheduled educational presenters for its 2013 show. Both prominent industry leadership and ground-breaking innovators are scheduled to speak, including Paul Bellantone, Mark Graham, Bobby Lehew and more.
Read MorePromo Marketing Accepting Submissions for 2013 Top Distributors
In May, Promo Marketing will publish its annual list of Top Distributors, the authoritative compilation of the biggest and best distributors in the industry. If your company had over $5 million in promotional product sales in 2012, it could make this year’s prestigious lineup.
Read MoreImage Source Names SanMar 2012 Supplier of the Year
Image Source, a 2012 Promo Marketing Top 50 distributor based in Kirkland, Wash., has selected SanMar as its 2012 Supplier of the Year. It is the fourth time since the award’s inception in 2006 that the Issaquah, Washington-based apparel supplier has received the award.
Read MoreCustomizing the Future: 3-D printing’s role in fashion
Dita Von Teese recently modeled the first 3-D printed full-length gown. How will this influence fashion and are you buying the 3-D printing hype?
Read MoreQualifying Prospects
Not pre-qualifying prospects is one of the biggest mistakes promotional products professionals make. So how can you identify good prospects? One solution is to pre-qualify them by knowing the answers to these 7 questions.
Read MoreThe 5 Best T-shirt Designs for Total Slackers
Equal parts ironic-mastery and legitimate design prowess, a great slacker tee is the perfect mix of beauty, minimalism, and eye-rolling laughter needed to say exactly what the wearer wants to communicate about his or herself. And since we’re all more or less in the business of perfect expression via T-shirt, I thought it might be cool and helpful and informative to look at some of the best slacker-esque designs out there floating around on the internet today.
Read MoreReverse Engineer Your Sales Success
Steven Covey reminds us that when setting goals … “Start with the end in mind.” That is to visualize the end result that you hope to accomplish and start your planning process from there … “With the end in mind.”
Read MoreShumsky Enterprises Expands and Reorganizes
Shumsky Enterprises, the distributor based in Dayton, Ohio, recently announced the expansion of its staff and Dayton facilities under management of Boost Technologies LLC. In order to support continued growth and meet 2013 goals and objectives, Shumsky has strategically added new personnel at its headquarters. This includes personnel in sales, client support, marketing and fulfillment services.
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