Inventory Versus Non-inventory Parts

Question: In QuickBooks, do I set up my items as “non-inventory part” or “inventory part?” Answer: Most always, ad specialty transactions are of the “non-inventory part” variety. The items ordered are customized to our clients’ specifications—drop shipped directly to them, and we, the distributor, do not take physical possession. And in QuickBooks, these transactions are…

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Last Chance to Vote! PM Video Battle: Maple Ridge Farms Versus Precision Laser Art

Promo Marketing’s Video Battle pits two industry videos against each other for the chance at the ultimate bragging right: Being declared our readership’s absolute favorite. (Next up: The weather is in the 60s today, but there are rumors of snow coming to Pennsylvania soon. Make up your mind, nature.) Last week, Maple Ridge Farms secured its third…

iPROMOTEu Appoints Director of Vendor Relations

iPROMOTEu, Wayland, Mass., appointed Catherine (Pilgrim) Kruse to the position of director of vendor relations. In this role, Kruse will work closely and cooperatively with industry vendors as she leads iPROMOTEu’s vendor relations department. In addition to guiding the strategic direction of…

Fruit of the Loom Names New CEO

Fruit of the Loom, Bowling Green, Ky., has appointed Melissa Burgess-Taylor as the new chairman and CEO following former CEO Rick Medlin’s death this week. Burgess-Taylor currently is the senior vice president of brand management and…

A Look Into Costs Related to U.S. Manufacturing

Manufacturing has been a hot topic of debate during the 2016 presidential campaign, and that surely won’t slow down in the coming months, as President-elect Donald Trump has made domestic manufacturing…

American Apparel Tells Factory Employees to Brace for Possible Layoffs

Workers in American Apparel’s Los Angeles factory say they’ve received written notice that they will lose their jobs on Jan. 7 unless the new buyer of the company (which looks to be Gildan Activewear at the moment) elides to continue manufacturing from the building. “We were told we have jobs until the 7th of January,”…