Sweda Company LLC, City of Industry, Calif., announced the addition of two new services to its PromoStandards integration: Order Status and Order Ship Notifications. PromoStandards is an industry-wide collaboration designed to enable industry participants to improve customer experience, reduce transactional friction and improve the digital promotional experience. Sweda currently supports the Inventory, Order Status and…
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When will Forever 21 just get the hint? Seriously, we’re getting sick of having to report every time the retailer is on the receiving end of a lawsuit. This time, fashion heavy-hitter Gucci is suing Forever 21 for trademark infringement, after the latter started selling items with similar stripe patterns. This comes after Forever 21…
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Moscow Mules are all the rage right now. They’ve seemingly gone from obscure cocktail to the most popular drink at bars. Part of the fun might be that the drink comes…
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Stand out, be different, be fearless, innovate! The four things above are just one of my 10 secrets of successful people. That’s right. They stand out because they are not afraid to be different and are willing to innovate. Particularly in a business where we sell the same stuff from the same suppliers to the…
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Like all fields, Major League Baseball will never find itself short on haves and have-nots, particularly with respect to which clubs can attract massive crowds. Regardless of attendance figures, the 30-squad entity…
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Stevick Business Specialties and Advertising Co., Minot, N.D., has joined Facilisgroup’s community of promotional products distributors. For more than 25 years, Stevick Business Specialties has helped its customers create long-lasting relationships with their clients through the power of promotional products. Owned by Bernie Berntsen and Mike Zimmer, the distributor specializes in business forms, wearables and…
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Basketball fans who paid attention in the ’90s will certainly remember the U.S. men’s basketball team at the 1992 Olympics, aka the “Dream Team.” That’s just about the most appropriate name for a team made up of Michael Jordan, David Robinson, Patrick Ewing, Larry Bird, Scottie Pippen, Karl Malone and pretty much every other great…
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There are certainly occurrences that each of us wishes would happen more often, but we frequently have to accept that those cherished…
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When we say that this bag from Lululemon makes a statement, we don’t mean something like “This bag shows that I enjoy athletic activity and stylish apparel.” No. This bag says “That sunblock that you’re putting on your body is seeping in and quietly destroying you, and you should plan for your own eventual downfall…
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Hub Pen Company, Braintree, Mass., announced that three employees’ children have been awarded Promotional Products Education Foundation (PPEF) scholarships. PPEF is the industry nonprofit founded to recognize and encourage scholastic excellence and academic performance among promotional products industry employees and their college-aged children. Funded by Promotional Products Association International (PPAI) and generous donations from companies…
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