20 Questions

I’ve recently started work on Promo Marketing’s Top 50 Distributors List, which is amazing and wonderful if for nothing else than the fact that I’m getting paid to make a list. The Top 50, much like the masthead of our magazine, is arranged by income level, ability to wreck house at shuffle board, and whether I can get ahold of your information or not.

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Ravaging Vampire Attack

I’ll admit that I was a little behind the social networking curve. I was still a Friendster guy when clearly it was time to move up to Facebook (which is apparently the adult way to send a Ravaging Vampire Attack to another adult).

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Mark Seymour Joins Royal Apparel

Mark Seymour has joined New York-based Royal Apparel, a leading manufacturer of basic fashion apparel for men, women, juniors, young men, youth and infants. The company announced Seymour has been named national sales manager and is responsible for overseeing all sales representatives in the U.S.

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Custom HBC Corporation Launches New Web Site

Waconia, Minnesota-based Custom HBC Corporation, a health and beauty care supplier to the promotional products industry announced, in coalition with New York-based Buttonwood Technology Group, the launch of a new Web site to better serve Custom HBC Corporation’s customers.

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Bodek and Rhodes Introduces New Distributor Marketing Tools

In an effort to aid apparel decoration specialists with even more assertive and professional promotions, Philadelphia-based Bodek and Rhodes announced a whole host of new marketing tools. The new promotional tools, offered through the company’s Web site, aim to give decorators a promotional edge in a tight economy, and include custom Web sites and professional showroom displays.

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Proforma Opens Nine New Offices in February

Cleveland-based Proforma, a leading North American provider of graphic communications solutions, announced the company welcomed nine new owners to its network. A leading provider of promotional products, printing services, business documents and e-Commerce solutions, Proforma has received numerous awards and is recognized as one of the top five largest companies in the promotional products industry.

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Newton Manufacturing Honors HUB Pen

Hub Pen Company, located in Braintree, Mass., announced Newton Manufacturing Company of Newton, Iowa, honored it as one of the company’s top suppliers for 2008.  Newton chooses their top supplier based on many criteria, including product quality, sales volume, timely response to service needs and marketing efforts.

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iPROMOTEu Announces Dunk Fest 2009

Wayland, Massachusetts-based iPROMOTEu announced it will be organizing Dunk Fest 2009, the annual NCAA college basketball tournament challenge exclusively for the promotional products industry.

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