AST Sportswear, Anaheim, Calif., announces that Nadir Zulfiqar, former vice president of sales for Direct Tees and national sales manager for Cotton Heritage, has joined AST Sportswear as its vice president of brand development. Zulfiqar has an impressive and versatile background, from being a military veteran graduating from West Point Military Academy in 1986 to…
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One of my favorite college professors loved to say that while looking to stand out can prove an exhilarating practice, coming up with anything that merits classification as original can be a frustrating…
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Positive Promotions Inc., Hauppauge, N.Y., acquired the assets of Quality Planners Inc., including its entire portfolio of student planners and customization capabilities. “This acquisition will enable Positive Promotions Inc. to broaden its already extensive portfolio of educational products that we currently sell to our over 50,000 school customers throughout the United States,” said Nelson Taxel,…
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For those of us who like to rock from time to time (and you know we do), you know the outside of concert venues and arenas are full of people slinging less-than-legal merchandise like T-shirts, drinkware and posters. Some musical acts, like AC/DC, have taken some big steps to stop this. After all, they want…
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Stran Promotional Solutions, Quincy, Mass., has acquired Holliston, Massachusetts-based Lindon Associates, making it Stran Promotional Solutions’ first major acquisition. The financial details of the purchase haven’t been disclosed. Lee Cohen, president of Lindon Associates, will continue at Stran in a business and development role. “Lee has built Lindon Associates over the last 22 years by…
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Promotional products industry distributors must have felt as if business would proceed as usual on September 7, with that day presumably offering early-month opportunities to generate prosperous fourth-quarter results. However, the late-summer occasion likely melted away significant chunks of their…
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A school in Michigan banned and then unbanned (and apologized for banning) American flag apparel in school. This week, parents of students at Roseville High School outside of Detroit received an email detailing the school’s dress code, which included “U.S. Flag” on the list of prohibited…
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When asked why some of us have our particular sports allegiances, a lot of us likely respond with something along the lines of “We can’t help it, we were…
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Alan Chippindale, former head of BrandAlliance, the second-largest distributor firm in Canada, has returned to Cleveland-based Proforma, where he will serve as its senior vice president of business development. Chippindale will lead the charge in launching…
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As of this year, more and more retailers and clothing brands are expanding their lineups to include more plus-sized offerings. These decisions have been mostly met with positive reactions, and as a result, more brands continue to follow suit. But, when you add plus-sized children’s clothing into the mix, apparently, things can get dicey. According…
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