Promo Marketing’s offices are closed today, Tuesday, Oct. 30 as a result of Hurricane Sandy. Offices are expected to be open tomorrow.
Read MoreHurricane Sandy Hits East Coast, At Least 33 Dead and Millions Without Power
Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast on Friday evening, bringing with it winds and flooding across the most populated corridor in the United States. Estimates of the damage are still coming in as millions in the U.S. have been left without power. As of noon Tuesday, at least 21 are reported dead in the U.S., bringing the total death toll to 67.
Read MoreIndustry Closures Due to Hurricane Sandy
Promo Marketing’s offices will be closed today, October 29, in anticipation of Hurricane Sandy. The category 1 hurricane is expected to make landfall on Monday and will bring severe winds and heavy rainfall to much of the East Coast.
Read MoreHub Pen Hires Nicole Nary
Hub Pen Company has hired Nicole Nary as dedicated customer service representative. In this position she is responsible for maintaining day-to-day relations and managing orders for some of Hub Pen’s largest national accounts.
Read MoreiPROMOTEu Welcomes Two Canadian Affiliates
iPROMOTEu, the distributorship located in Wayland, Mass., announced the addition of Kelly Knight of Kaycee Promotions & Design, based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and Yamila Gonzalez of AUKA IMPEX, based in Mississauga, Ontario, to its network of over 550 independent distributor affiliates. Kaycee Promotions & Design is the first Canadian affiliate to join iPROMOTEu since it expanded into Canada in September 2012. AUKA IMPEX joined shortly after.
Read MorePrescription Without Diagnosis is Malpractice
How often do you sell something just to make the sale? How often do you approach a supplier at a show and ask “Whatʼs new?” Do you ever show your clients something because you get a special bonus or extra profit for selling it?
If so, you are lucky that no one ever gets sued for malpractice in our business. If so, you are a part of the problem that causes our industry to be perceived as the “t” and “t” words (or worse).
Read MoreProduct Recall: A Nightmare On Your Street
Jason Vorhees. Freddy Krueger. Michael Myers. Three classic horror movie villains that can send shivers down the spine with the mere mention of their names. But nothing strikes fear in the heart of product managers everywhere more than one thing: Recall.
Read MoreInnerWorkings Expands Multi-year Print Management Agreement With Fortune 100 Grocery Retailer
InnerWorkings Inc., a leading Chicago-based global marketing supply chain company, recently announced it has expanded its multi-year enterprise print management relationship with a major U.S. grocery retailer.
Under the new agreement, InnerWorkings will add direct mail and in-store point of sale to the existing outsourced print procurement partnership. These new categories are in addition to InnerWorkings’ current management of inserts, paper and other sourcing, which is expected to grow the relationship by approximately 40 percent.
Read MoreHanesBrands has “Substantially Completed” Discontinuation of its Outer Banks and Private-label Operations
As part of its recent third-quarter results press release, HandsBrands Inc. announced that it has “substantially completed” the discontinuation of its private-label and Outer Banks domestic operations. From the press release:
“On May 30, Hanes sold its European imagewear business, and the company has substantially completed the discontinuation of its private-label and Outer Banks domestic imagewear operations serving wholesalers that sell to the screen-print industry. In accordance with GAAP requirements, the company reported results for the second and third quarters on a continuing-operations basis and revised prior-period results to reflect continuing operations. The company’s branded printwear operations will continue to operate and serve the branded domestic screen-print market.”
Read MoreClegg Promotes New Regional Account Manager From Within
Kristina Cullen has been promoted to regional account manager for CleggPromo Inc. Kristina was most recently the inside account executive for Gardena, California-based company, handling Texas and Missouri. Kristina’s new responsibilities will be to handle the top five western states with outside sales calls and trade shows.
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