Philadelphia-based NAPCO Media, parent company of Promo Marketing, announced that Nathan Safran has joined the company as director of research. Safran, who will lead the newly created NAPCO Research team, began his career as a Forrester research analyst and joins NAPCO from…
World Emblem Mexico, one of Miami-based World Emblem’s nine manufacturing locations, has doubled its manufacturing footprint and moved to a new 125,000 square-foot location in Aguascalientes, Mexico. World Emblem originally expanded to Mexico in 2005 by opening a 30,000…
Recently, major league sports teams nationwide have put forth initiatives to celebrate several international and national holidays. The NBA mandated all teams celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year, and the MLB recently announced its plans to utilize special holiday uniforms during the 2016 season, according to ESPN. While in past years the MLB has released its…
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced that Coleman, Wichita, Kan., is recalling its CTAC Lithium-Ion Flashlights due to a fire hazard. The CPSC reported that the flashlights’ batteries can overheat and ignite. The recall…
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: Hope everyone has a good weekend! It’s not going to snow in Philadelphia for once, so maybe I actually can go outside.) Last week, KTI Networks/KTI Promo won its…
The Hudson Valley Umbrella Company, parent company of Valley Cottage, New York-based Stromberg Brand Umbrellas, has announced the hiring of 23-year industry veteran Jim Miller of Miller and Associates as its multi-line sales representative in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee. Miller…
Hub Pen Company, Braintree, Mass., announced that, after an extensive search, the company has chosen Tenex Capital Management as its new partner to support growth, and to help its family shareholders and all others associated with Hub Pen Company achieve their personal and professional goals. Hub Pen Company will continue into its 57th year operating…
If you are going to thrive in any economy, you must commit yourself to a laser-like focus on doing first-things first and a ferocious understanding of what you are not going to do. For me, having a “stop-doing list” has become more important than my to-do list. Here’s what works for me: After 23 years of…
Paula Schneider, CEO of Los Angeles-based American Apparel, reportedly sent an email to employees detailing numerous changes going on within the company. One such change being the possibility of outsourcing complicated items, such as denim, to a third-party company. However, the Los Angeles Times reported that Schneider stressed that the products still will be made…
HALO Branded Solutions, Sterling, Ill., announced that it has been purchased by Audax Management Company, a Boston-based private equity firm. “We are very pleased with our new partners at Audax,” Marc Simon, CEO of HALO Branded Solutions, said in a press release. “They are a prestigious investment firm with a proven track record of building…