Jetlag beaten and back on East Coast time, its time to talk about what I learned from this year’s PPAI Expo.
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SBA Announces Changes to Federal Contracting Program For Women-Owned Small Businesses
Women-owned small businesses will have greater access to federal contracting opportunities as a result of changes included in the National Defense Authorization Act of 2013 (NDAA) to the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Women-Owned Small-business Federal Contract Program.
Read MoreSportsman Cap & Bag to Expand Warehouse
Last year, Sportsman Cap & Bag added bags to its lineup of promotional products. This year, the company is adding square footage to its Shawnee, Kansas-based warehouse.
With more space and an expanded loading dock, the company will have more inventory on site and ready for shipment. Sportsman Cap & Bag president Dan Saferstein said the expansion is being driven by the success of the bag business. After 75 years in the headwear industry, Sportsman Cap & Bag added 13 brands of duffles, totes and backpacks in 2012.
Read MoreGill Studios Receives QCA Accreditation
The Quality Certification Alliance (QCA), the promotional product industry’s only independent, not-for-profit organization dedicated to helping companies provide safe products, has granted QCA Accreditation to Lenexa, Kansas-based Gill Studios Inc.
Read MoreCharles River Apparel’s “‘Tis The Season For Giving” Campaign Results
Charles River Apparel announced the results of its second annual holiday “‘Tis the Season for Giving” campaign. The company donated over 1,400 pieces of apparel to Friends of Boston’s Homeless, tripling the amount of success from last year’s campaign.
Read MoreQuad/Graphics Completes Acquisition of Vertis
Quad/Graphics Inc. announced that it has completed its acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Vertis Holdings Inc., for a net purchase price of $170 million. This assumes the purchase price of $267 million less the payment of $97 million for current assets that are in excess of normalized working capital requirements.
Read MoreDay Two and Final Day Coverage of the PPAI Expo 2013
Day two of the PPAI Expo went similarly to the first, the show appearing as busy as the prior day. Yesterday saw several of the show’s cornerstone events, such as PPAI’s The Power of Two Party and the show’s final keynote luncheon, “Business Values From A Six-Year-Old.”
Read MoreYou Will See It … When You Believe It: 10 Tips to Make 2013 Your Best Year Ever
Have you ever wondered about what makes really successful people really successful, or really positive people really positive? They understand how to visualize and believe the end result has already happened.
Read MoreThe 4 Steps to Solutions-based Selling
Solutions-based selling empowers your clients and, in turn, empowers your brand. Here’s how to do it, in four steps.
Read MoreHow Sharp is Your Axe?
Abraham Lincoln said, “Give me six hours to cut down a tree and I’ll spend the first four hours sharpening my axe.” Your axe is the problem-solving ability you bring to your clients. If you are still doing the same things that you were doing five years ago and watching your personal productivity decline, you’ve probably got a pretty dull axe.
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