Norwood Promotional Products plans to expand its Red Wing facility. The company, an Indianapolis-based [supplier] of promotional products, intends to build 45,000 square feet onto its building at 5151 Moundview Drive.
Read MoreAIA Adds Seven Owners in January 2010
Neenah, Wisconsin-based Adventures In Advertising (AIA) announced it made a convincing start to 2010 by adding seven new owners in January as the company selectively increases its owner network.
Read MorePromotional Products Distributors Holding Their Own in Downturn (Northern Nevada Business Weekly)
Here’s the kind of winter it’s been:
Bottles of hand sanitizer rival pens as the most popular promotional items given away by companies that look to keep their names in front of potential buyers.
Read MoreMultimillion Dollar Distributors Transition Business to Proforma Fine Incentives
Cleveland-based Proforma announced multimillion dollar distributors Stanley Fine and Michel Egnal have joined the Proforma family as co-owners of Proforma Fine Incentives. With more than 25 years of combined industry experience, Fine and Egnal have transitioned Carrollton, Texas-based Fine Incentives Inc. to Proforma.
Read MoreRSS For Success
For the next few weeks, I thought I’d highlight a few Web applications that some of you might find useful. Not that I’m any great-and-powerful computer wizard or anything, but I do like to get my nerd on now and again. As a result of said nerdiness, I’ve picked up a few good tricks that those not permanently tethered to a computer screen like myself might not know. This week we’re going to cover one of the basics–RSS readers.
Read MoreFree GPS Official Rules and Regulations
Whiplash
» My only regret in life is that I didn’t drink enough champagne.«
John Maynard Keynes, economist (1883-1946)
Gone Green?
The promotional products industry is full of company’s that have adopted ecologically friendly practices. From changes in office behavior and recycling practices to full-bore revamps of manufacturing methods and materials used, I think it is safe to say the “green” industry is bigger than U.S. Steel (name that movie reference).
Read MoreCPSC Chairman’s Statement on Cadmium in Children’s Products
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is moving swiftly to deal with the replacement of lead with cadmium in certain children’s products imported from China.
Read MoreAdministration Announces New Small Business Commercial Real Estate and Working Capital Programs
President Obama announced today two new small business lending initiatives to help increase access to capital and create jobs. These temporary Small Business Administration initiatives include a refinancing program for small business owner-occupied commercial real estate and an expanded working capital loan program.
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