Carlson Craft cut its workforce by 114 positions Thursday in an effort to align the business with current economic conditions. The company is part of Taylor Corp., which has had a series of layoffs in various companies since last fall.
Read MoreCrystal D to Compete in Salvation Army’s The MOST Amazing Race
St. Paul, Minnesota-based Crystal D, a leading supplier of corporate awards and plaques, announced it will be participating in The Salvation Army’s “The 2009 MOST Amazing Race” on July 25.
Read MoreBIC Graphic USA Revolutionizes Free 24-hour Service
Clearwater, Florida-based BIC Graphic USA announced it will launch a new free 24-hour service promotion. The promotion is backed by the company’s guarantee that if an order does not ship within 24 hours, the whole order is free.
Read MoreBeacon Promotions Inc. Introduces New Order Tracker Service
New Ulm, Minnesota-based Beacon Promotions Inc. announced the company introduced a new Web-based functionality enabling distributors to find the status of placed orders and access tracking information on shipped orders.
Read MoreBecome a fan of the Environmental Protection Agency
APRIL, THE Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) launched a simple but effective initiative called “Pick 5 for the Environment.” The program provides a list of 10 simple actions anyone can take to move themselves along the road of personal environmental responsibility. The EPA is asking the public to pick five of the 10 actions listed, and then to share their own thoughts by using a variety of social media sites.
Read MoreMaking Time
4236 B.C. FOLLOWING the 365-day cycle of the star Sirius, ancient Egyptians record the very first year. An auspicious day for humanity to be sure, but even more so for those in the calendar business. After all, without the star-gazing and detail-obsessed people hanging out by the Nile all those years ago, they’d be without a job.
Read MoreBIC Graphic USA To Acquire Norwood Promotional Products
Indianapolis-based Norwood Promotional Products and BIC Graphic announced today a definitive agreement for BIC to acquire Norwood. After presenting a last minute offer, BIC was awarded the sale outbidding the original stalking horse, Aurora Resurgence. Total consideration for the acquisition is $125 million plus approximately $37.5 million in assumed liabilities. BIC Graphic USA is a division of BIC USA Inc., a leading promotional products supplier.
Read MoreSurvive & Thrive
DABBLE A bit in the philosophical realm, the term “golden mean” is often applied in the discussion of ethics for the greater good of society. It is said to be the ideal middle ground between two extreme points of view and many of the world’s greatest thinkers—from Aristotle to Confucius—have touched upon it in their teachings.
Read MoreThe Business of the Environment
INTO LAW this year by President Obama, The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act provides billions of dollars to businesses and government agencies in an effort to spur economic growth, rebuild infrastructure and create jobs, especially in the green jobs sector.
Read MoreDesktop Deluge
WE’VE ALL BEEN there. Wandering slowly through the long, wide aisles of your local office megastore, sifting through shelf after shelf of office products, wondering what to buy. There are no-smudge pens and tri-colored pencils, stapleless staplers, safety scissors, decidedly unsafe industrial scissors, and more brands of plain white paper than what is realistically conceivable. Deciding amongst all the different products can be difficult, which is how one usually ends up sitting in the fluorescent, timeless hallways, mulling highlighter colors for 45 minutes.
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