Bar Owner Defends ‘Kiss Me, I’m Contagious’ T-Shirts

If you saw a shirt, right now, in 2021, a year into the pandemic, that said “Kiss me, I’m contagious,” what would you think? Would you think it was a joke about COVID-19, or would you think, “Oh, contagious means fun. We’re fun. It’s a fun day.” One bar owner is hoping you’d go with the latter…

Our 5 Favorite Promotional Products: St. Patrick’s Day Celebrations and More

Happy St. Patrick’s Day, everyone! Or, as they say in Ireland, Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona duit. OK, now repeat that back. Just kidding. We’re not going to quiz you on your Gaelic (for now). But we are going to celebrate a little with a few St. Patrick’s Day-themed promotional items thrown into our usual Fave Five Fare…

Goldstar’s Kenny Ved on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Workplace

Goldstar’s Kenny Ved is a longtime advocate of cooperative diversity growth in our industry. His unique perspective as an Asian-Indian person and his leadership position at Goldstar have given him the great responsibility of thoughtfully approaching diversity to educate, inform and grow the market’s success…

Office Depot Rejects Staples’ Latest Acquisition Offer

Office Depot parent company ODP Corp. rejected Staples’ latest acquisition offer yesterday, claiming that the offer “lacked basic deal terms including a purchase price.” Staples has been trying to purchase assets of Office Depot since 2015, when it was thwarted by the FTC…

Find More Problems

The key to success in sales is these simple three steps: Ask great questions Find a problem or problems Propose solutions Think about it. When someone in sales is calling on you, do you want them to lead with telling you all about how great their company is? Or were you interested in talking with…