Management
April 6, 2017 at 2:20 pm
Penn Emblem Company, Philadelphia, announced the promotion of Angelica Trejo to the position of direct embroidery customer support lead. Trejo started working with Penn Emblem Company in 2012 as a direct embroidery customer support specialist. With her experience at…
April 5, 2017 at 1:55 pm
Prime Line, Bridgeport, Conn., announced the hiring of industry veteran John R.B. Cudahy as senior manager of national accounts. Cudahy joins the company during a period of rampant growth spurred by the combined entity of Prime Line and Jetline. Cudahy has spent his entire 13-year career in the promotional products industry working in account management,…
April 4, 2017 at 2:30 pm
Stormtech, Burnaby, British Columbia, announced the addition of Michael Dalzell as vice president of marketing. Dalzell will oversee the global marketing strategy and retail operations. Dalzell brings more than 20 years of marketing innovation to his new role at Stormtech, from…
March 27, 2017 at 2:17 pm
Last week, the American Health Care Act (AHCA) failed to garner enough votes in the House of Representatives, meaning the Affordable Care Act (ACA) instated by former President Obama remains intact. While some political figures (namely the ones on the left) were relieved, others lamented that…
March 22, 2017 at 1:53 pm
Facilisgroup announced that Creative Promotional Products, Skokie, Ill., has joined its fast-growing community of promotional products distributor partners. The family-owned Creative Promotional Products also has an office in Hong Kong, from which they coordinate and develop high-quality custom products. “We had been looking at various platforms that would help us improve order tracking, streamline workflow and…
March 21, 2017 at 2:21 pm
If you had to increase your prices 20 percent tomorrow, how would your customers react? After you absorbed unflattering comments and disappointment, your customers would buy fewer products, if they bought any at all. Beyond our industry, consider what we buy every day: clothing, footwear, housewares, electronics and so on. How would you feel the…
March 20, 2017 at 2:15 pm
The Distributor Exchange announced today that Trish Barone of Latham, New York-based distributor Souders Brand Marketing has acquired Ocean Township, New Jersey-based distributor Visions by Phoenix. Barone and Souders Brand Marketing, an independent distributor affiliate of iPROMOTEu, has been in business since 1997. “Lorene and Danielle Manning, owners of Visions by Phoenix, really matched my…
March 20, 2017 at 2:06 pm
Let’s take a quick look at the three zones in which most people operate: comfort, growth and danger: Now, let’s take a look at how these zones apply to your sales efforts. In sales, the accounts that we are most knowledgeable about are in our comfort zone. We are comfortable with their size, and with…
March 17, 2017 at 2:16 pm
In an effort to better serve customers, Quinn Flags, Hanover, Pa., has extended its customer service department hours by an hour each day, Monday through Thursday. Representatives will be taking phone calls and personally assisting distributors 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. EDT at (800) 353-2468. For more information on Quinn Flags, visit www.quinnflags.com.
March 14, 2017 at 11:05 am
Due to snow and ice in the Northeast today, some promotional products companies have announced closures or affected hours. Admatch-Regal, New Rochelle, N.Y., announced that its offices will be closed today, March 14, and all emails will be answered upon reopening. Chocolate Inn / Taylor & Grant, Hicksville, N.Y., announced that its headquarters is closed,…
