If you import children’s toys, or if you’re a promotional products supplier with children’s toys in your line, effective tomorrow you’ll need to comply with an update to the mandatory Federal Toy Safety Standard.
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Read MoreBoundless Network Celebrates 7th Annual Founders’ Circle Event
Boundless Network, a Promo Marketing Top 50 distributorship, recently hosted its annual sales meeting, Founders’ Circle, at their corporate headquarters of Austin, Texas.
The annual event was attended by more than 100 Boundless Network sales partners and 50 supplier representatives from across the U.S. and Canada.
Read MoreVisstun and Digispec Hire Sales Counselor
Visstun and Digispec, Las Vegas, have hired Chris McCrae as a sales counselor. In this position, he will be responsible for cultivating and servicing new and ongoing accounts, building relationships with distributors and helping them make the best product selections to meet their customers’ needs.
Read MoreRecalled California Innovations Items “Not Part of the Promotional Products Distribution”
California Innovations has expanded a January recall of gel packs used in lunch bags to include over 800,000 items. Although some California Innovations bags are available to distributors, none of the recalled items are available in the promotional products industry.
Read MoreMohawk Appoints George Wurtz, Paper Industry Veteran, to Board of Directors
Mohawk, locates in Cohoes, N.Y., has named George William Wurtz III to its board of directors. Wurtz is currently CEO and president of WinCup Inc., a leading manufacturer and distributor of a broad line of disposable foodservice products.
Read MoreRiver’s End Distribution Center Awarded CMC Green Certification
River’s End Trading Company, headquartered in Medina, Minn., announced that the company’s Clarksville, Tenn. decoration and distribution center was awarded the Clarksville-Montgomery County (CMC) Green Certification.
Read MoreBag Makers Achieves 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 awarded QCA Accreditation to Union, Illinois-based Bag Makers.
Read More“Writing Instruments: Back to Basics” Free Webinar from Norwood & BIC Graphic Set for Next Week
Trends come and go, but some things never go out of style. Like blue jeans or sports cars, there will always be a demand for imprinted writing instruments, and Norwood & BIC Graphic will show you everything you need to sell them in this free webinar set for June 13.
Read MoreGod Save the Hat!
I hope everyone who attended PROMOTIONS EAST 2012 had a great time. From educational seminars and an up-close look at the latest in promotional products to fashion shows (Fashion-EAST-a) and “after-dark” networking events at the hottest clubs, how could you not?
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