EmbroidMe, the world’s largest embroidery franchise, announced today the signing of a master franchise agreement with Ernesto Martinez and Adolfo Martinez for development in Costa Rica, Panama, El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala over the next several years. The agreement was signed at the Annual EmbroidMe Master Summit Conference in Nice, France.
Read MoreQCA Hires Jeffrey P. Jacobs as Executive Director
The Quality Certification Alliance (QCA), the promotional product industry’s only independent, not-for-profit organization dedicated to helping companies provide safe products, has hired Jeffrey P. Jacobs as executive director. In this new role, he is responsible for increasing visibility of QCA both within the supplier/distributor community as well as outside the industry.
Read MoreEditor’s Picks: What’s in Your Wallet?
Change has a funny way of ending up everywhere you don’t want it to be: inside shoes, under car seats, on the sidewalk. Protect your clients from these mishaps with sturdy, logo’d wallets.
Read MoreAmerican Apparel Inc. Announces Preliminary October Sales
Though Hurricane Sandy slowed retail sales for American Apparel, the wholesale side increased 17 percent.
Read MoreCrown Products Announces New Factory Sales Representative
Crown Products recently announced the addition of a new factory sales representative, Rick Dolan. He will be responsible for sales in the Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska area.
“We are pleased to have Rick as a part of the Crown team,” said Jay Paparone, director of sales at Crown Products. “He brings with him 18 years of industry specific sales and management experience and we are anxious to apply his skills to Crown.”
Read MoreU.S. Apparel Manufacturer, Decorator FesslerUSA Closes after 112 Years of Operation
FesslerUSA, an apparel manufacturer and decorator based out of Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania, has closed down after 112 years operations. In an interview with the Associated Press (AP), owner Walter Meck cited the recession, increasing overseas competition and difficulty obtaining loans as reasons for the business’s closing.
Read MoreKevin Mulroony Completes Purchase of Diversified-Adtee, Bob Lipic Retires
Kevin Mulroony, former vice president of operations for Diversified-Adtee, announced he has completed the purchase of the company. Click through for his recently released statement on the acquisition.
Read MoreETS Express Announces New Vice President of Marketing, Daniel Jordan
ETS Express Inc. recently announced the appointment of Daniel Jordan as its new vice president of marketing. Mr. Jordan brings more than 25 years of technology and marketing experience along with over 15 years direct industry-related experience to his new role at the Oxnard, California-based company.
Jordan previously served as president and creative director for CamberDay consulting, a technology and design firm specializing in emerging media, digital print and web-based technology solutions for the promotional products industry. More recently, Jordan was director of marketing and digital communications for Los Angeles-based Americhip. Jordan is being brought in to extend ETS’s digital marketing and traditional marketing capabilities.
Read MoreHurricane Sandy Updates: Business Openings for Tuesday, Nov. 6
Click through for a list of companies affected by Hurricane Sandy that were able to reopen as of 3:00 p.m. EST today. Notes on each company’s status have been provided where available. Companies that could not be reached for comment have been omitted in order to prevent confusion.
Read MoreMarketing Ethics: Campaigning during a natural disaster
Where do we draw the line between “newsjacking” and sensitive marketing approaches when tragedies, such as Hurricane Sandy, strike?
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