Sell your client a promotional product that enhances their brand and you’re likely to have a happy customer for a long time. Sell a product that embarrasses the brand and the cost for everyone involved could be astronomical.
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Prime Line CEO Rick Brenner Appointed to International Consumer Product Health & Safety Organization Board
Rick Brenner, CEO of supplier Prime Line, has been appointed to the board of directors of the International Consumer Product Health & Safety Organization (ICPHSO), the world’s leading consortium of businesses, scientists, legal professionals, government officials and product safety advocates dedicated to consumer health and safety concerns.
Read MorePPAI Product Safety Summit To Feature Carol Pollack-Nelson, Ph.D., Renowned Product Safety Authority
PPAI announced that renowned product safety authority Dr. Carol Pollack-Nelson will be a featured speaker at its second annual Product Safety Summit (PSS) in New Orleans, August 14-15, 2012, at the Omni Royal Orleans Hotel.
Read More2011 Year in Review: Product Safety
This week, Promo Marketing is looking at the stories that defined 2011. Today, we focus on product safety, and how the world of liability and compliance has changed the way many in the industry do business.
Read MorePrime Line’s Kris Kopka Wins Regional Sales Manager of the Year Award
Kris Kopka of Prime Line, Bridgeport, Conn., received the Regional Sales Manager of the Year Award at the company’s national sales meeting in Connecticut.
Read MoreNot Knowing the Intended Use of a Product Puts Suppliers and Distributors at Risk
Rick Brenner, CEO of Prime Line, explains how ignorance of CPSIA laws can damage a promotional products company, and offers suggestions for solutions for the industry.
Read MorePrime Line CEO Rick Brenner Says Industry Efforts at Product Safety and Compliance Must Go Beyond “Children’s Products”
In an online blog entitled, “What Matters Most Is Protecting Your Customer,” Rick Brenner, CEO of Prime Line, contends that distributors should protect their clients’ most valuable asset—the logo going on the product—by only selling products that comply with CPSIA limits for lead and phthalates.
Read MorePodcast: Geiger and Prime Line CEOs Discuss the PPAI Product Safety Summit
Product Safety Summit co-chairs Gene Geiger and Rick Brenner spoke with Promo Marketing about yesterday’s event and product safety laws in this podcast.
Read MorePodcast: Gene Geiger and Rick Brenner Discuss the PPAI Product Safety Summit
Rick Brenner (left), CEO of Prime Line, and Gene Geiger, CEO of Geiger.
Read MorePrime Line’s Rick Brenner Discusses Product Safety at PROMOTIONS EAST
Bridgeport, Connecticut-based Prime Line’s president and CEO Rick Brenner teamed with Arnold & Porter attorney Jennifer Karmonick to present a seminar on product safety and the impact of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) on our industry at PROMOTIONS EAST two weeks ago in Atlantic City, NJ. The purpose of the seminar was to educate suppliers and distributors about how they can protect themselves and their customers through a better understanding of state and federal product safety legislation.
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