Westbury, New York-based Motivators Promotional Products announced that Annette Johnson has been named to a new position in the company, human resources manager. Johnson will primarily be responsible for serving as a link between management and employees, as well as handling all staffing duties.
Read MoreDriven by Design, Bella Welcomes New Talent
Los Angeles-based apparel manufacturer Bella expanded its technical design team by hiring Suk Chang from American Apparel and Splendid as its head pattern maker.
Read MoreProforma Opens Six New Offices in August
Cleveland-based Proforma, a leading North American provider of graphic communications solutions, announced the company has added six new owners to its distributor network.
Read MoreFifteen Distributors Affiliate with iPROMOTEu in August 2010
Wayland, Massachusetts-based iPROMOTEu announced 15 promotional products distributors have affiliated with iPROMOTEu in August 2010. These new affiliates, in the aggregate, have an estimated annual sales volume of approximately $3,000,000.
Read MoreLeed’s Adds Products, New Donation to its Agreement with American Forests
New Kensington, Pennsylvania-based Leed’s, a member of Polyconcept North America, the second largest hard goods supplier within the promotional products industry, announced an addition to its existing cause marketing agreement with American Forests.
Read MoreKim Reinecker Joins Starline USA to Cover Southwest Region
Kim Reinecker, CAS, has recently joined Grand Island, New York-based Starline USA as the company’s regional sales manager for the Southwest region. Reinecker will be working closely with her collegues at the Reinecker Marketing Associates to continue to build the Starline presence in the Southwest region.
Read MoreGrand Prize Winner Announced in Sweda’s 2010 Case Study Challenge
As part of its “Innovation” Case Study Challenge, Sweda Company, City of Industry, Calif., announced on Sept. 3 that the case study “Photo Frame Calc=Unlimited Marketing Options,” submitted by Julie R. Haar of Proforma Strategic Promotions, Columbus, Ohio, is this year’s Grand Prize Winner.
“I was thrilled to be among the six finalists. It’s an honor to be recognized by my peers and the industry for fulfilling my client’s needs with an innovative and strategic solution,” said Haar.
Read MoreRoadPro Invests In Customer Satisfaction
Given its dramatic growth in the promotional products market, RoadPro, Palmyra, Pa., has invested in added capabilities to insure that doing business is easy, productive and profitable for promotional products distributors. Specifically, RoadPro has increased investments in customer support personnel, sales agents, website capabilities and product assortment.
Read MoreBodek and Rhodes Partners with Gildan in Free HDTV Promotion
Bodek and Rhodes, a leading wholesaler of imprintable activewear based out of Philadelphia, announced their partnership with apparel manufacturer Gildan for a month-long promotion giving a free Samsung HDTV away every business day in September.
The sales incentive runs through the month of September and offers a free Samsung 26” LCD HDTV to each day’s highest online total order of Gildan products from BodekandRhodes.com.
Read MoreMagnus Pen and Trevelyan Limited move to new shared facility
On September 3, Magnus Pen and Trevelyan Limited have moved into a new state-of-the-art facility at 125 Nantucket Blvd. in Toronto. Trevelyan Limited, an 87 year old leather manufacturing company and Magnus Pen, the pen and Galleria Calendar people, have developed a strategic partnership where they will share their 72,000 square foot facility, personnel expertise and client promotion. Both companies are very pleased with the new space and working environment. The move took place over the last two weeks and the companies will celebrate at an open house on Monday, September 13. All distributors are welcome to view the new space and share in the light lunch and refreshments with the companies’ joined staff members.
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