Jamie Whitman has joined Newton, Iowa-based The Vernon Company as an account executive in its central region. Whitman, a three-year industry veteran, owned and operated distributor CrownPrintWear prior to joining The Vernon Company.
Read MoreJeff Lederer of Prime Line a Featured Speaker at PPAI North American Leadership Conference
Bridgeport, Connecticut-based Prime Line announced executive vice president Jeff Lederer served as one of six featured panelists at the Promotional Products Association International (PPAI) North American Leadership Conference recently in Chicago.
Read MoreTouchstone Adds Roberta Lash as Senior Account Executive
Roberta Lash, CAS has been named senior account executive for Touchstone, a full-service promotional marketing company with headquarters in Mason, Ohio. Lash is based in Detroit.
Read MoreDrummond Printing Introduces New 48-Hour Journals
Drummond Printing, based in Stuttgart, Ark., announced the company introduced American-made journals that ship in 48 hours.
Read MoreLeed’s Responds to QCA Accreditation for Quality
New Kensington, Pennsylvania-based Leed’s, a member of Polyconcept North America, the second largest supplier within the promotional products industry, announced its achievement of accreditation through the Quality Certification Alliance (QCA) based on successful completion of a third-party audit of the company’s compliance programs and practices.
Read MoreCrystal D Packs More Than 30,000 Meals to Help Feed Starving Children
St. Paul, Minnesota-based Crystal D, a leading supplier of corporate recognition awards and plaques, announced company employees packed 30,240 meals through the Feed My Starving Children organization in Eagan, Minn., on Sept. 21.
Read MoreLeed’s and Barton Nelson Achieve QCA Accreditation
The Chicago-based Quality Certification Alliance (QCA) announced it granted QCA Accreditation to two more founding members: Kansas City, Missouri-based Barton Nelson and New Kensington, Pennsylvania-based Leed’s. These two firms join Lawrence, Massachusetts-based Gemline and Tustin, California-based Logomark in being the initial companies reaching this milestone.
Read MoreGeiger Affiliates with Corporate Promotions Inc.
James Habzda, CAS, vice president of sales and marketing for Lewiston, Maine-based Geiger Promotional Products, and Dale Miller, CAS, president of Corporate Promotions Inc. based in Atlanta, have announced the affiliation of the two companies. The affiliation was effective on Monday, Aug. 24, 2009.
Read MoreThe Starbucks Index
You can study common economic indicators like the GDP, CPI, inflation, deflation, housing markets, unemployment or bull and bear markets to determine if our economy is heading in the right direction, but I prefer to take a different tack. Perhaps you could call it the “Main Street” approach as opposed to the “Wall Street” approach to analyzing the hopeful economic rebound.
Read MoreSanMar Hosts Successful Dallas Open House
Issaquah, Washington-based SanMar Corporation, a leading supplier of imprintable apparel and accessories, recently welcomed more than 500 guests to an open house to debut its new warehouse. The event showcased the 585,000 square-foot Dallas-area distribution center that the company relocated to earlier this year.
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