3M, parent company of 3M Promotional Markets, reported it’s fourth-quarter and full-year sales figures last month. The company’s fourth-quarter sales rose 4.2 percent year-on-year to $7.4 billion, an all-time fourth-quarter record.
Read MoreKTI Promo Receives Seven Supplier Achievement Awards from PPAI
KTI Promo, located in Houston, Texas, won four gold and three silver awards in the 2013 Supplier Achievement Awards Competition sponsored by Promotional Products Association International (PPAI). KTI Promo was one of 61 gold and silver winners who were recognized during the annual awards presentation at The PPAI Expo 2013 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, January 16, 2013.
Read More$13.6 Million in Counterfeit NFL Merchandise Seized Before Super Bowl
Federal agents announced Thursday the results of a five-month initiative to crack down on counterfeit NFL merchandise. With the aid of the NFL, U.S. law enforcement officials confiscated a record $13.6 million in unauthorized apparel, caps and other football souvenirs.
Read MoreHow To Build Your Natural Creativity
Have you ever used creativity in a benefit statement or explained to your clients that you can provide creative solutions for their business problems, but were not sure if you could pull it off after you made that statement?
Read MoreWhat is Your Favorite Business?
Think about your favorite restaurant. Where do you like to shop for clothes? Are there any places where you love to spend money? Your goal is to acheive that level of favored status with your clients and customers.
Read MoreThe ABCs of Selling
A common misnomer in the world of sales is “Always Be Closing.” This may be true if you are working from an options-based sales cycle, but in a solutions-based sales cycle the ABCs are “Always Be Connecting.”
Read MoreTSC Apparel’s Tultex Brand Kicks Off 2013 with New Look and Products
The house brand for Cincinnati’s TSC Apparel—Tultex—is launching a new look and new product additions to the line for 2013. The new Tultex logo and tagline “Style Fits” was unveiled at the PPAI Las Vegas and ISS Long Beach trade shows.
Read MoreHALO Branded Solutions Names Gold Bond the 2012 Supplier of the Year
HALO Branded Solutions, located in Sterling, Ill., presented its “2012 Supplier of the Year” award and “2012 Supplier Representative of the Year” award at the company’s annual awards gala held at the Las Vegas Four Seasons Hotel.
Read MoreColumbia Sportswear Recalls Seven More Heated Jackets
Columbia Sportswear has issued a recall in conjunction with the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) for seven of the company’s heated jacket models. It is the second recall of heated jackets for the company this month.
Read MoreCarlson Craft Unveils New Company Logo
Carlson Craft unveiled a redesigned logo in January 2013. The new logo features the words “Carlson” and “Craft” with contrasting fonts—”Carlson” is in a larger script font and “Craft” is done in an all-caps serif font. This dual font logo is a nod to the previous logo and to the use of dual fonts in wedding invitations.
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