If You See Something, Say Something: Even With Promo Products

It’s a phrase seen in airports, train stations and other public transport areas, as well as in neighborhoods, parks, public buildings and schools. Law enforcement and security teams urge people to pay attention, help out and report suspicious activity. If You See Something, Say Something—It’s a phrase that’s intended to alert and protect.

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Could Your Promotional Products Business Withstand a Recall?

Just for a moment, try to imagine that a promotional product you sold to your largest customer has suddenly become the subject of a government recall.

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Time to Take a Closer Look at the Test Reports in Your Files

With the deadline for mandatory third party lead testing less than two months away, now would be a very good time to take a closer look at the third-party test reports in your files.

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Distributor 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.

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If You Sell Promotional Products, Learn to Read a Test Report

I know, I know. Boring technical jargon. It’s all true. But unless you have someone else in your company to take care of this for you, you can’t afford not to know how to read a test report.

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The 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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SaferProducts.gov: One Month Later

In the month since SaferProducts.gov went live, a number of complaints have started to trickle onto the website. I thought it would be worth taking a look to see what consumers are saying.

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