An architecture firm recently launched an online database of construction materials manufactured with harmful chemicals. How long until promotional products face the same scrutiny?
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Tag: Compliance
Loopholes in Product Safety Law Put Compliance Burden on You
You sell a product to a Little League for distribution to 7-year-olds. Would your client expect the product to comply with Federal children’s product standards?
Read MoreCPSIA Exemptions: Excerpts with Brent Stone
More information from QCA’s Brent Stone about the Small Batch Manufacturer’s Registry and what distributors should know when looking for a compliant supplier.
Read MoreWho Cares If You Have A Compliance Program?
Do you have a compliance program? Does anyone care if you do? Absolutely.
Read MoreDistributor to Supplier: Is this Product OK for Children?
I received a call last week from a distributor concerned about an order she had recently shipped through an industry supplier for a children’s event.
Read MoreAre You Meaningfully Different?
Today there are more brands, more products and more choices. But, in reality, it’s just more of the same.
Read MoreDifferentiating Quality Still a Challenge for the Promotional Products Industry
Of all the costs that go into making a promotional product, quality costs are often the hardest to appreciate.
Read MorePromotional Products Company Exposed In NBC Dateline Report!
Since this is my “rant” I’ll just be frank and say that I think many of us are numb to this issue that threatens our industry… myself included.
Read MoreTrying To Be Perfect In An Imperfect World
More and more suppliers are investing significant time and effort to developing compliance programs. Can these comprehensive plans guarantee that all these suppliers’ products are 100 percent safe and compliant? I regularly hear these questions from end-buyers and distributors alike.
Read MoreThe Problem with Test Reports
It was one of our hottest selling bags and we were flat out-of-stock. At least a dozen backorders had already piled up by the time the container with 150,000 new pieces finally arrived at our receiving dock.
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