The Pentagon is in trouble this week for news it wasted as much as $28 million over 10 years buying woodland camouflage uniforms for the Afghan army, according to USA Today. The Afghan Defense Minister picked the pricey forest color pattern over free camouflage pattern options…
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While Amazon made headlines worldwide when it announced that it purchased Whole Foods for a whopping $13.7 billion, the latest Amazon news will be a huge shakeup to the apparel industry. As we already know, Amazon has been taking steps to become the next dominating force in the apparel industry, from its new athleisure line…
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Ariel Premium Supply, St. Louis, Mo., announced the appointment of Neal Gondran as regional sales manager for the South Region. Gondran will be responsible for working directly with the company’s top distributors in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Kansas and Arkansas. Gondran comes to Ariel Premium Supply with six years of industry experience at both the regional…
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Every year, Promo Marketing releases its Top 50 Distributors list. To give you some insight into what it takes to make it to the top, we spoke to Kevin Lyons-Tarr, CEO of 4imprint, No. 1 on the list. Promo Marketing: What led to your company’s success in 2016? Kevin Lyons-Tarr: Our…
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ePromos Promotional Products, St. Cloud, Minn., announced yesterday in a press release that it has complete the purchase of select assets from Motivators Inc., Westbury, N.Y. “Today’s purchase, including the motivators.com brand and its customer base, is consistent with one of our key strategies to serve as a platform company in the promotional products industry,”…
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After the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office cancelled six of the Washington Redskins’s federal trademark registrations in 2014, the team went on the offensive to appeal the ruling on the grounds that…
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In our fair city of Philadelphia, we are, sadly, often quite unfair to those who dare to don opposing teams’ gear at sporting events. In our defense, though, I will say…
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Leaderpromos, Columbus, Ohio, announced two new hires to enhance the company’s customer service and expand its scope of work. Michelle Harper will serve as Leaderpromo’s compliance and quality control director. Harper comes from Limited Brands/Mast Global, where she managed all aspects…
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Every year, Promo Marketing releases its Top 50 Distributors list. To give you some insight into what it takes to make it to the top, we spoke to Greg Muzzillo, founder of Proforma, No. 2 on the list. Promo Marketing: What led to your company’s success in 2016? Greg…
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Yours truly entered the world in 1979, which, though no consensus exists on what constitutes their birth range, likely keeps me from counting myself among the millennials who have earned…
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