Facilisgroup, a software provider/distributor-partnering company for the industry, recently hosted its first in-person ThreeSixty sales training course in Toronto.
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PostcardMania Second Quarter Revenue Up as Direct Mail Automation Leads Growth
PostcardMania, the $104.6 million marketing technology firm with 384 staff, increased second quarter revenues significantly over the same quarter last year, improving 12% over Q2 2023, as more businesses choose direct mail to reach increasingly digital-exhausted consumers. PostcardMania’s direct mail automation products and automation-led division, PCM Integrations, remain at the…
Read MoreS&S Activewear Acquires alphabroder
Counselor Top 40 supplier S&S Activewear (asi/84358) has acquired fellow Top 40 firm alphabroder (asi/34063), bringing together two of the largest suppliers in the promo industry. Financial terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. The transaction is expected to be complete later this year, and the companies will continue to go to market under their respective…
Read MoreWhat the Bangladesh Protests Mean for the Apparel Supply Chain
The deadly protests could leave a lasting effect on the country’s manufacturing economy, as curfews close factories and companies potentially move operations.
Read MoreAttorneys To Judge: Dismiss Lawsuit Against Stanley Drinkware’s Parent Company
Throw it out. That’s what Pacific Market International (PMI), parent company of the popular Stanley tumbler drinkware brand, wants a federal judge to do with a class action lawsuit consumers brought against it over lead concerns. On Wednesday July 31, attorneys for PMI filed a motion in federal court in Washington state to dismiss the…
Read MoreJeffrey Nanus Retires as President of $40M Supplier AAA Innovations
The move comes nearly five months after AAA was acquired by Sign-Zone, parent firm of Counselor Top 40 supplier Showdown Displays.
Read MoreEnd-Buyer Research: Companies With 11-50 Employees
ASI Research has launched a new series profiling the people distributors work with most closely: end-buyers. Each week we’ll release a new data set that spotlights one of eight markets and looks at end-buyers through demographics such as gender, region and company size. Read the previous entries in our End-Buyer research series. This week, our research focuses…
Read MoreCimpress Grows Sales and Earnings in Its Full 2024 Fiscal Year
Cimpress’s flagship VistaPrint brand and National Pen, a former Top 40 firm, helped fuel the top-and bottom-line expansions.
Read MoreIPS’s ‘STiCKi’ Rebrand Reflects ‘Single-Source Supplier’ Status
The purpose of a brand name is to stick with the customer. When IPS wanted to rebrand to reflect its new identity beyond just traditional print products and as a service provider to the promotional products industry, it looked at the name of one of the products it currently offered and saw potential as a…
Read MoreNo Excuses
On my recent walk near our home, I found this small plant growing in the middle of the road. Think about it. That seed fell in the middle of a road, but somehow found a way to root itself in a nearly invisible small opening. It found a way. No excuses. Despite all the traffic…
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