Vernon Company announced that 17 Vernon Company account executives and their clients were recently honored as winners of the company's annual Galaxy Awards competition.
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Listen to Jay Deutsch, CEO of top-five distributor BDA, give his thoughts on product safety, building a strong company, and his partner Eric Bensussen.
Trade Only has entered into an agreement with Premium Incentives Inc. to provide a complete e-commerce and business management software solution for the Logo Studio, a division of Premium Incentives Inc.
Listen to the CEO of top-five distributor HALO Branded Solutions, Marc Simon, give his thoughts on China, the supplier/distributor relationship and what has made HALO such a successful company.
When you think of the Buddha, you don't think of marketing.
At least I hope not.
The Buddha was a spiritual teacher, with zero interest in profit. In fact, he forbade his ordained followers from even handling money.
But if we agree with Seth Godin that marketing is about spreading ideas, then you could say the Buddha was one of the greatest marketers of all time.
Copper fell the most in more than a week in New York as manufacturing slowed in China, the world's biggest consumer of industrial metals.
A preliminary Chinese purchasing managers' index compiled by HSBC Holdings Plc and Markit Economics dropped to 51.1 in May, the lowest in 10 months. The final reading in April was 51.8. The decline added to signs that the economy is cooling after the government raised interest rates and curbed lending to rein in inflation. Copper also dropped as the dollar climbed, eroding demand for commodities as an alternative investment.
Promo Marketing, the source of product and marketing information for distributor sales professionals, announced the industry's Top 50 Distributors of 2011.
Neil Wiesenfeld, president of Atlanta-based AdMan Promotions, a member of the AIA Corporation network, fulfilled the customer service requirement for the Small Business of the Year Award from the Sandy Springs/Perimeter Chamber of Commerce.
Visstun and Paper Machinery Corporation (PMC) have been selected as winners of the 2010 WorldStar Packaging Competition in the beverage category for the "Barrier Plus Promotional Beverage Cups" entry (Visstun's Reusable Clear Plastic Cups).
Gene Geiger, chief executive officer of Lewiston, Maine-based Geiger, announced that Dale Denham has been hired as chief information officer for the company.