When the discussion turns to delivering safe and compliant promotional products, and specifically how difficult it is to do, I usually go with this response: “You can either run toward the problem, or you can run away from it.”
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There’s no avoiding the fact that safe and compliant promo products come at a price. Rarely is a product that has been manufactured and shipped in a socially responsible and safe manner without a competitor in the marketplace at a lower price.
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Did you know that Fire Prevention Week falls on Oct. 6-12? Raise awareness—and potentially save a life—with promotional products.
Read MoreWhether you are selling to a global brand like Nike or to your local YMCA, no single asset is more valuable to your client than the client’s good name.
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Interesting parallels between The Five Stages of Grief and the path our industry has taken when approaching the topic of product safety and compliance.
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How to build product safety into orders of $500 and under.
Read MoreYou get a call one morning from a marketing manager referred to you by one of your customers. She desperately needs 7,500 tote bags for an event the following week and wants to know if you can deliver.
Read MoreIf attendance at ICPHSO’s 2012 Annual Meeting and Training Symposium is any indication, then the promotional products industry should feel proud of the strides it is making in product safety awareness.
Read MoreJust 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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Requesting product safety testing results from the factory about the specific item it is making for you is a natural first step. Seems easy enough, right?
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