Bridgeport, Connecticut-based Prime Line, in conjunction with Bedford, New Hampshire-based Henderson Associates, announced Prime Line’s String-A-Sling backpacks reached the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. “We are always very excited to see the great distances our best-selling String-A-Sling backpacks reach,” said Jeff Lederer, executive vice president. “They were recently provided for the Glory Outreach Assembly Children’s Conference in Kenya,” he added.
For more information on Prime Line, visit www.primeline.com
Chocolate Inn Gets Gold From Geiger
Chocolate Inn, a chocolate manufacturer in the promotional products industry, was again designated a Gold Star Production Partner by Geiger. This designation is for excellence in quality,
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The election is a mere week away and it seems to be bringing out the worst in people. Palin in a noose as part of a Halloween display? A plot to assassinate Obama? It’s terrifying, regardless of what side of the coin you’re on. How, exactly, did things go so awry? It seems the proverbial you-know-what has hit the you-know-what.
I’ve always been interested in the goings-on of the government, but I’ve never felt so deeply invested in what’s been happening in our country than I do right now. And the hits just keep on coming.
There’s the economy, of course. Though it pains
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Commenting on a new joint interview with John McCain and Sarah Palin, NBC News Political Director Chuck Todd described the Republican ticket as lacking cohesion, chemistry, and (he hinted) trust. Commenting on a new joint interview with John McCain and Sarah Palin, NBC News Political Director Chuck Todd described the Republican ticket as lacking cohesion, chemistry, and (he hinted) trust.
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SOLUTION—Well, you could look at any clothing compnay in this industry. I mean, come on, open your eyes … What isn’t moisture wicking these days.
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Commenting on a new joint interview with John McCain and Sarah Palin, NBC News Political Director Chuck Todd described the Republican ticket as lacking cohesion, chemistry, and (he hinted) trust. Commenting on a new joint interview with John McCain and Sarah Palin, NBC News Political Director Chuck Todd described the Republican ticket as lacking cohesion, chemistry, and (he hinted) trust.
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SOLUTION—Color trends are very important when choosing employee clothing, uniforms and other forward facing clothing. Being out of step with the latest trends can have employees left wearing pirate shirts in a clearly basic black kind of time.
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Effective October 1, Richmond, Virginia-based MeadWestvaco Corp. (MWV) announced 20-year industry-veteran Dr. Ted Lithgow will serve as the new president of MWV Healthcare. In this role Lithgow will focus on leveraging the success of MWV Healthcare’s adherence and compliance packaging solutions, global manufacturing capabilities and efficient supply chain to accelerate the commercialization of new products and capitalize on growth opportunities in fast-growing areas of the world such as India and China. “The global MWV Healthcare business is focused on meeting the critical needs of the pharmaceutical and health-care sector, including improving patient adherence and speed-to-market, while cost-effectively adding value in the supply chain,”
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Los Angeles-based American Apparel Inc. announced the company’s comparable store sales (unaudited) for the month of September 2008 and for the third quarter that ended September 30, 2008. American Apparel reported for the month of September 2008, sales for stores open for more than 12 months increased 15 percent over the year-ago period, on a constant currency basis. For the month of September 2007, comparable store sales increased 35 percent. There were 150 stores in the sales comparison for September 2008. For the third quarter ending September 30, 2008, comparable store sales increased 24 percent over the third quarter of 2007. As previously reported,
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Long Island-based promotional products distributor Motivators Inc, announced it acquired Rockaway, New Jersey-based distributor, R&R Productions. Under the agreement, R&R Productions founder Rhonda Blum will work with Motivators’ managed-accounts division. Founded in 1986, R&R Productions is a member of the Specialty Advertising Association of Greater New York (SAAGNY). Blum currently serves on the board of directors of SAAGNY and previously served on the SAAGNY foundation board from 2006 to 2007. “I am excited to join Ken Laffer and the Motivators team,” said Blum. “I look forward to working with one of the industry’s best companies.” Motivators CEO Ken Laffer, MAS is equally
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Winston-Salem, South Carolina-based Hanesbrands Inc. announced it will host a live Internet webcast during its quarterly investor conference call at 4:30 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, Oct. 29. The call will review results for the third quarter, which ended Sept. 27, 2008. Hanesbrands also will summarize the quarterly results in a press release issued that day at the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange. The live Internet broadcast may be accessed on the home page of the Hanesbrands corporate Web site, www.hanesbrands.com. The call is expected to conclude by 5:30 p.m. EDT. Replays of the conference call will be available
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