Management

Ask the Accountant… Question: I have been trying to load customers into QB Premier from an Excel file, but I keep getting error messages about duplicates. How can I fix that? Answer: Here’s the fix: QB Premier runs on lists. Once you enter data into lists, you can use that list entry over and over…

Proforma, Cleveland, announced Kimberly Fulford as its new product and PPE manager. In her new role, Fulford will report to CEO Vera Muzzillo. Fulford brings more than 20 years of business experience and success in sales, operations, distribution and marketing. During the last six years, Fulford has held various…

StrombergBrand announced that Richard Meth has joined the company as director of sales. Meth will lead StrombergBrand’s internal sales team, as well as multi-line sales representatives nationwide. Most recently, Meth spent 18 years as vice president of marketing and sales at Rainkist Umbrella Company...

Let’s face it, most folks have experienced some very tough times in their business and in their life over the last couple of months. Many have come face to face with some great loss—loss of sales, loss of income and loss of strategies that worked for years, even decades. Great loss creates grief and most…

We are in uncharted waters. We find ourselves longing for the days of boring sales meetings, live training events, and conferences.

Delta Apparel, Greenville, S.C., announced a two-year extension of the employment contract with its chairman and CEO, Robert W. Humphreys. His employment will now expire with the filing of the Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal year 2022. Humphreys joined the company in 1998 as CEO and became chairman of the board of directors…

The Vernon Company, Newton, Iowa,  recently recognized Polyconcept North America (PCNA) with the 2019 Supplier of the Year Award during the company’s annual national sales meeting. The Supplier of the Year Award is given annually to the industry supplier that provides the best overall service to The Vernon Company and its customers. The award is…

Ask the Accountant… Question: Help! I have been using an industry software that I pay for each month to write orders. I am now switching to another system. How do I get my order history out of the old system? Answer: Does this software have the capability to export into QuickBooks? If so, your order…

Promotional Products Association International (PPAI), Irving, Texas, has announced that David Nicholson, president of Polyconcept North America (PCNA), New Kensington, Pa., has joined the PPAI Board of Directors. Nicholson fills the seat vacated by former board member Bill Mahre, CAS. Nicholson’s term begins immediately and runs through the PPAI Expo…

After 36 years with BIC Graphic North America, Dave Saracino has decided to retire, effective immediately. Saracino made an incredible impact on both BIC Graphic and the promo industry over the course of his career. After starting with BIC Graphic in 1985 as a retail sales representative in Toronto, Saracino was promoted through several different sales roles...