On September 6, 2011, Fields Manufacturing announced it had acquired Target Industries. Matt Bertram issued a statement on the acquisition:
“We are proud to announce that Fields Manufacturing of St. Cloud, Minnesota has acquired the assets of Target Industries of Owosso, Michigan, as of September 6, 2011. Field’s plan is to continue operations at its St. Cloud location as well as the Targetline location in Owosso for the foreseeable future. Fields and Targetline will continue to have their own catalog and customer service group.
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Staples Inc. surprised Cedar Rapids-based Raining Rose Inc. with a $1,500 gift card. The surprise donation is in celebration of the company’s recent naming as one of the fastest growing inner-city businesses in the country by Staples Foundation and the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC), a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to promote economic prosperity in America’s inner cities.
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The California plastic bag ban, which Promo Marketing first reported on June 30, extended to the city Santa Monica today, September 1.
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This month for My Best Promotion, we’ll be taking a look at an employee incentive program created for a large national credit union.
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Jetline, Gaffney, S.C., has announced the appointment of Kristie Sumner as its new information technology/operations manager.
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This week Larry Zavadil, CEO of American Solutions for Business (ASB), announced the agreement between ASB and a division of Advance Business Graphics (ABG) of Mira Loma, Calif.
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To keep top performers at their best, companies are rearranging their employee promotions and finding a way to give back at a lower price point.
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Tom Riordan, president of Maple Ridge Farms, and Alex Jovetic, vice president of sales, Taylor & Grant Specialties and Chocolate Inn, give their top five tips for selling deliciously decadent edible promotions.
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The months of barbecues, beach days and hair-frizzing humidity are over. You’ve already sent out your back-to-school promotions and now you’re focusing on the shiver-inducing task of selling outerwear.
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Since the early aughts, reusable bags have turned the routine and mechanical chore of food shopping into something with a seriously compelling layer of marketing opportunity.
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