Management

As Hurricane Matthew makes its way up the East Coast, multiple suppliers located in Florida, South Carolina and North Carolina are taking steps to ensure their business goes on…

Some day, I'm going to change! Many adults still are struggling to find out what they want to do. Oh, they're busy. But mostly they react and react and react, and never really set their own directions. They expend a lot of energy trying to make a living and spend little time making a life.…

Spector & Co., a West Chazy, New York-based supplier of writing instruments and business gifts, announced the hiring of Shashi Singam as director of digital media based out of its head office. Singam comes to Spector & Co. with…

Sonic Promos, Gaithersburg, Md., welcomed Jay Shaplin and J4 Promotional Marketing, Eldridge, Md., to the Sonic Promos family. In his new role, Shaplin will act as Sonic Promo’s senior brand manager and vendor relations manager. "I am very happy to have made the move over to Sonic Promos,” Shaplin said. “I met [Sonic Promos owners]…

Cho Yang-ho, chairman of Hanjin Shipping, the South Korean shipping company, said that the company's demise was a result of playing "a game of chicken" with large, government-backed shipping companies. The company sought receivership after…

Geiger, Lewiston, Maine, announced that it will renovate its former manufacturing space into a state-of-the-art office facility. When finished, the space will occupy 105,000 sq. ft. and make room for a planned 25 to 50 new employees over the next three to five years. As part of the project, the company took steps to ensure…

Ennis Inc., Midlothian, Texas, has announced the realignment of its operational management team to drive continuous improvement and better position the company for future growth. Three of the top general managers, all having multiple facility responsibilities, have been promoted to business unit directors and have relocated to the corporate offices in Midlothian. Ennis Inc. will…

Every business has metrics, but too many use vanity metrics that make them feel good about what is being done rather than providing insights to be better. For example, we’ve all suffered from the call center that is so focused on wrapping up the call rather than resolving the problem. Why? Because the more calls,…

There’s one reason why most people in our industry aren’t rich. At the end of the day, the business we are really in is the “know, like and trust” business. That’s right. Our real job as industry professionals is to get people to know us, like us and trust us. It’s true if we are…

Los Angeles-based American Apparel CEO Paula Schneider plans to resign from her position, effective Oct. 3. Women's Wear Daily reported that Chelsea Grayson, American Apparel's general counsel and chief administrative officer, is in the process of transitioning into the role of CEO. This comes after a rocky period for the apparel company, including a rebranding effort, a legal…