More than three million film fans have subscribed to MoviePass, a seven-year-old ticketing service that, for a $9.95 monthly fee, allows said aficionados to see a movie each day. As with many companies, though, times are tough for the subscription service, and its overseers are looking to establish a happy plot and not a tearjerking…
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Polyconcept North America (PCNA), Pittsburgh, announced the addition of Jennifer Kirby as hardgoods field sales manager. Kirby brings more than 20 years of experience to PCNA. With her sole focus on customers in the Chicagoland area, she’ll work alongside Joel Kaufmann and Chelle Corr-Boxley to help distributors in the region drive business.. For more information…
Read MoreThe loss of LeBron James to Los Angeles has surely been hard on Cleveland. There, he was much more than an athlete. And in a city where basketball is the only real hope of a championship (or even a few wins in the case of the Browns), having someone like LeBron as the talisman is…
Read MoreThe 4th of July is when we Americans celebrate our independence, our freedom. As you prepare your celebrations, let me encourage you to reflect on these two questions: Are you truly independent? Are you truly free? Most distributors with whom I speak don’t seem very independent. They seem to be bound by all of the…
Read MoreThe newest rounds of retaliatory tariffs from Canada announced yesterday point directly at a few items with direct ties to the promotional industry, like ballpoint pens.
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Though Boston also covets the crown, we here in Philadelphia will always deem our turf “the cradle of liberty.” Fortunately, for Philadelphians, that freedom does not extend to lawbreakers, though, and its U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers have proven productive this year, recently announcing their successful suppression of counterfeit peddlers. Their efforts netted…
Read MoreOn June 22, 14 shirts designed to look like the Colombian national team’s uniform were seized by police at the international airport in Bogotá. These weren’t just normal jerseys, however, as authorities discovered that traffickers had dissolved approximately five kilograms of liquid cocaine into the shirts…
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Coming in at No. 6 on our 2018 list, with approximately $210 million in promotional products sales, was DiscountMugs.com. We spoke to David Giacomini, chief marketing officer for the distributor, about what sets the company apart, the company’s goals moving forward and tech’s ever-increasing role in the promo business…
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BAMKO made one of our largest climbs this year, jumping from the No. 32 spot in 2017 to the No. 17 spot in 2018. We interviewed Phil Koosed, president of BAMKO, to find out how the company grew its sales, as well as his thoughts on outside competitors and the millennial customer…
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Making a big leap for our 2018 list was BrandVia Alliance, which jumped from No. 31 last year to No. 23 this year. Jim Childers, president of BrandVia Alliance, shared his thoughts on success, technology’s role in the industry and the company’s goals for 2018 and beyond…
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