Amazon Business, the e-commerce titan’s B2B marketplace for everything from staplers to suspenders, launched in 2015, replacing a previous iteration of the service known as Amazon Supply. That first year, Amazon Business generated a tidy $1 billion in sales. Just three years later, it’s already set to top $10 billion…
Read MorePPAI Offers Disaster Relief to Promotional Products Industry Businesses Affected by Hurricane Florence or Olivia
Paul Bellantone, president and CEO of PPAI, issued the following message regarding disaster relief for promotional products companies affected by Hurricane Florence or Olivia: PPAI stands ready to assist members and non-members who are affected by Hurricane Florence or Olivia. PPAI sends out…
Read MoreiClick’s Taek Sung on PopSockets, Content Marketing and the Unexpected Pitfalls of 275% Growth
Taek Sung, senior vice president of sales and marketing for iClick, joined the show to talk about PopSockets, content marketing and the unexpected speed bumps that accompany 275 percent year-over-year growth. (Such as: Do you have enough parking spaces? What about bathrooms?) Plus, Sean and Brendan discuss Colorado Timberline’s sudden closing due to a ransomware attack…
Read MoreHUB Promotional Group Acquires BCG Creations
In a deal finalized on Sept. 14, 2018, BCG Creations, Montreal, was acquired by HUB Promotional Group, Braintree, Mass., which is now comprised of six suppliers: HUB Pen Company Beacon Best Promotions Cooler Graphics Debco Bag Distributors BCG Creations Based in Montreal, Quebec, with a distribution center in Champlain, N.Y., BCG has served clients in the promotional…
Read MoreFacilisgroup Welcomes a New Partner: GNP Branded Gear
Facilisgroup, St. Louis, announced that GNP Branded Gear, Nesconset, N.Y.. has joined its community of leading promotional products distributor partners. GNP has been serving the nation’s premier trade and professional associations, colleges and universities, and corporations since 1985. “Facilisgroup’s technology and recommended best practices will help us provide an even better customer experience and work more…
Read MoreRichard Simmons Is (Sort Of) Back With Branded Merchandise
Richard Simmons’ disappearance is one of the strangest mysteries of this decade. We know as much because there was a whole podcast dedicated to it,…
Read MoreSomeone Bought Most of Lehman Brothers’ Leftover Promotional Products and Is Selling Them on eBay
When we here at Promo Marketing reflect on 2008, our minds turn to sports, as that year yielded the second World Series title for our beloved Philadelphia Phillies. Our jubilation aside, the calendar was largely unkind when one elects to focus on the biggest economic events from a decade ago. The bankruptcy filing by Lehman…
Read MoreOr Are You a Moron?
Sometimes in sales we need to sort out those who are truly interested and qualified from those who are just wasting our time. They aren’t necessarily bad people. Perhaps they just don’t know how to say “no” or how to be fully candid. After 40 years in sales, I have developed a method of sorting…
Read MoreGemline Temporarily Closes Following Massachusetts Gas Explosions
Gemline, Lawrence, Mass., announced that gas explosions in Lawrence as well as nearby Andover…
Read MoreCompliance and Risks Announced as Official QCA Partner
Compliance and Risks, an end-to-end regulatory solutions provider for companies in the technology, consumer and industrial goods, retail and life-sciences sectors, has been announced by the Quality Certification Alliance (QCA) as one of its official compliance solutions partners. Compliance and Risks is part of a recent round of new QCA partnerships intended to increase access…
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