Dri Mark Introduces New Product Line

Michael Joswick, national sales manager at Dri Mark Products, details the feature of the company’s new pen line, Ink by Dri Mark. He also showcases another of the company’s new items, the 3+1 Pen, which combines a black ball point pen, blue ball point pen, mechanical pencil and highlighter in one item.

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Auby Fenig Signs On at Picnic at Ascot

Picnic at Ascot, Hawthorne, Calif. has hired Auby Fenig as its national sales manager. Fenig brings more than 20 years of sales experience, eight years specializing in promotional products, to the company’s promotional division. “I am excited to take on new challenges with Picnic at Ascot and look forward to continuing the great distributor relationships I have forged over the past eight years,” said Fenig. Describing his key to growing successful relationships, Fenig borrows a saying from one of his industry mentors, “Do what you say you’re going to do when you say you’re going to do it.” Fenig’s responsibility will

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Selco Launches Web Site

The Selco Companies, Tulsa, Okla., recently announced the launch of its new comprehensive Web site, www.selcocompanies.com, featuring all three lines of Selco’s products. This is the first time the company’s lines, Selco Geneve, AbelleTech and A*Belle Promotional Time, have been brought together on the same Web site, making the entire experience more user-friendly for customers. Distributors can search through an individual product line or all three lines easily within the site. They can also search by price point, keyword or by a specific line. In addition to a new look and layout, the Web site offers several new marketing tools for

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From Reactive to Proactive: Redefining Safety Standards in the Promotional Industry (A Four-Part Series)

The following article is the second installment in our monthlong Promo Marketing Headlines series titled, “From Reactive to Proactive: Redefining Safety Standards in the Promotional Industry.” Throughout the next four weeks, we will discuss product testing, quality assurance and how both suppliers and distributors can work in tandem to ensure the items they sell are safe for children and adults alike. Part 2: Suppliers and Distributors Sound Off on Recalls, Suggest Solutions The dust of the recent California recalls has more or less settled—the industry’s publications have all done their stories, news of the lunch boxes disseminated to affected parties, and although

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