Kellie Miller believes her role as a small-business owner, mother and taxpayer are key to her ambitions to become the next Abilene City Councilwoman for Place 6.
Read MoreFleishman-Hillard Ranks 3rd in Top 50 Companies for Executive Women List
Fleishman-Hillard Inc., St. Louis, is named one of the “Top 50 Companies for Executive Women” by the National Association for Female Executives (NAFE) and will be featured in NAFE magazine’s Spring 2010 issue.
Read MoreSweda Company Receives Three Top Supplier Awards from eCompanyStore
City of Industry, California-based Sweda Company announced it has earned for 2009 awards for Supplier Excellence, Customer Service Rep of the Year and Multiline Rep of the Year from distributor eCompanyStore.
Read MoreJoseph Warmbrodt Named Supervisor of Ariel Premium Supply’s New Sales Department
St. Louis-based Ariel Premium Supply Inc., a supplier of stress relievers, pedometers, nonwoven bags and general promotional products, recently restructured its sales department to better serve its distributor customers and national accounts.
Read MoreProforma Partners with Global Source Link, Adds More Than 100 Sales People
Proforma, Cleveland, a leader in the printing and promotional products industry, announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Fort Scott, Kansas-based, Global Source Link (GSL). This transaction will result in more than 100 GSL sales professionals becoming individual members of the Proforma Network.
Read MoreNorwood to Close San Antonio Plant (Mysanantonio.com)
Norwood Promotional Products, Indianapolis, a company with strong San Antonio ties that prints logos for businesses to use for giveaway items, will shutter its Southwest Side plant as part of a company consolidation that will ax 345 local manufacturing jobs.
Read MoreExtension of SBA Recovery Lending Programs Will Support $1.8 Billion in Small-Business Lending
President Barack Obama signed legislation Tuesday extending until March 28 the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) ability to provide small business loans that are enhanced with special provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), including a higher guarantee of SBA-backed loans and a waiver of loan fees normally paid by borrowers.
Read MoreSweda Company Named one of Staples’ Suppliers of the Year
Sweda Company, City of Industry, Calif., announced it was named one of five top suppliers of the year by Staples Promotional Products, Overland Park, Kan., during Staples Promotional Products’ national sales meeting in Orlando last weekend.
Read MoreMaple Ridge Farms Introduces Individually Wrapped Cookies with Custom 4-Color Labels
Mosinee, Wisconsin-based Maple Ridge Farms announced the company introduced individually wrapped, individually labeled, home-style cookies.
Read MoreAprons, Etc. Celebrates 25th Anniversary
Mauldin South Carolina-based Aprons, Etc. announced the company is celebrating its 25th anniversary. Aprons, Etc.’s parent company, Marketing Resource Group Inc., was established in 1985 by Jeff and Lucy Hoffman in Greenville, S.C. The original company opened as a textile manufacturer that marketed almost exclusively to the retail trade with a product line of aprons and kitchen textiles.
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