Ennis Names New General Manager

Ennis Inc., based in Midlothian, Texas, congratulated Steve Kelso on his retirement after 46 years of service and announced the promotion of Mark Boore to the position of general manager of the Fort Scott, Kansas facility.

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Vertical Source Adds Eco Apparel to Collection

Vertical Source, based in Shrewsbury, N.J., announced the addition of Eco Apparel to the company’s latest collection. Eco Apparel is a division of  Vancouver, British Columbia-based Boardroom Eco Apparel. Eco Apparel is a socially-conscious and environmentally friendly apparel collection with a new set of initiatives and mandates.

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TRG Group Announces 2008 Horizons Award Winner

St. Louis, Missouri-based TRG Group, an international supplier of travel gear to the promotional products industry, named Nicki McCollough, sales operations manager for the corporate markets division, as the company’s 2008 Horizons Award winner.

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Bodek and Rhodes Partners with Chouinard

Philadelphia-based Bodek and Rhodes, a leading wholesaler of imprintable activewear, recently pioneered an arrangement with Northfield, Vermont-based manufacturer Chouinard to offer the entire range of apparel in the mill’s catalog, including all pigment-dyed and reactive-dyed colors in every size.

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Noteworthy Names Majewski Vice President of Sales

Noteworthy, based in Amsterdam, N.Y. named Chad Majewski vice president of sales, effectively immediately. Majewski, an Amsterdam native, began his career in promotional products 10 year ago. Previously, he held the position of regional sales manager. 

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Hotel Redux

In my last post, I mentioned that I was going to write a bit about selling to the hotel industry this week. Larry Wilhelm, president and owner of Custom HBC, gave me a ton of information that I wasn’t able to use for my March travel feature, but I thought was interesting and useful and I don’t want to let it slip by. What follows is Wilhelm explaining different ways distributors can target the hotel industry with health-care promotions, more or less directly from our interview, edited only for length and clarity.

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