Distributor News

HDS Marketing Inc. Acquires Team Shop Premiums
February 11, 2011

Howard Schwartz, founder and CEO of HDS Marketing Inc., Pittsburgh, announced that HDS Marketing Inc. purchased the assets of Team Shop Premiums, a promotional products and services firm out of Phoenix, Ariz.

Record-Breaking Month for iPROMOTEu
February 11, 2011

iPROMOTEu, Wayland, Mass., announced today that 24 promotional products distributors have affiliated with iPROMOTEu in January 2011, setting a new record for the most new affiliates in a given month.

How Great Entrepreneurs Think
February 11, 2011

What distinguishes great entrepreneurs? Discussions of entrepreneurial psychology typically focus on creativity, tolerance for risk, and the desire for achievement—enviable traits that, unfortunately, are not very teachable. So Saras Sarasvathy, a professor at the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business, set out to determine how expert entrepreneurs think, with the goal of transferring that knowledge to aspiring founders.

Marketers Optimistic About Finding Social Media ROI [STUDY]
February 11, 2011

Marketers are hopeful that this will be the year that they finally link social media marketing to ROI, a new survey says.

According to the report from Bazaarvoice, 74% of CMOs predict they will finally tie social efforts to hard ROI this year.