Management

Research has shown that the right promotional products can elevate your prospective customers’ opinions of your products. However, selecting the right gift isn’t always easy. Balancing desired outcomes, messaging, branding and costs can be a nightmare. Successful promotional products are not only relevant to your brands, but also to your customers. Your ultimate goal is…

Quality Certification Alliance (QCA), Chicago, has hired Tim Brown, MAS, as executive director of operations. He replaced Jeffrey P. Jacobs who retired in April. Brown is responsible for the overall direction and operational oversight of QCA, including three overarching goals: Increasing…

Yesterday, I wrote a story about American Apparel founder and former CEO Dov Charney's new apparel company, which he plans to build into a rival of his former company. So far, we don't actually know the name of the company, but we do know that it's based in…

American Solutions for Business (ASB), Glennwood, Minn., promoted Kathryn "Katie" Hallstrom to vice president of human resources. Hallstrom holds a degree in business administration from Southwest Minnesota State University and has more than 26 years of experience in…

And just like that, many of my current team members and I have been together here at Print+Promo and Promo Marketing for more than a decade. We have grown up together in a sense, celebrating some of life’s major milestones. There have been marriages, babies and other “life stuff”—the good and the bad. I honestly…

Deluxe Corp., Shoreview, Minn., announced that it has acquired Mabelvale, Arkansas-based B&B Solutions. Financial terms of the deal are not available. According to Cameron Potts, vice president of public relations for Deluxe Corp., customers can refer to B&B Solutions as "B&B Solutions, a Deluxe Corp. company." B&B Solutions also will continue to operate in its…

Question: I have a vendor who has become a customer. QuickBooks will not let me use the same name. What do I do? Answer: You can use a variation of the name, such as "ABC Company" for the customer and "ABC Company Inc." for the vendor. Alternatively, you can do something as simple as adding…

Pro Towels, Pittsburgh, has acquired Oceanside, California-based supplier Neet Feet Inc., which has supplied promotional flip-flops and sandals since 1987, and introduced die-cut "Logo Footprint" flip-flops in 1989. "No other supplier offers better quality custom logo footwear, flip-flops and sandals than Neet Feet, and I believe the fit of the Neet Feet product line with that…

HALO Branded Solutions, Sterling, Ill., announced the affiliation of A Branovan Company, a promotional products distributor based in Milwaukee. “We are pleased to welcome the Branovan Company team to the HALO family," said Dale Limes, senior vice president of sales for HALO Branded Solutions. "Their affiliation will improve our presence in a key Midwest market…

World Emblem, North Miami, Fla., announced that it has relocated its Canadian facility to a new, larger manufacturing plant in Mississauga, Ontario. The relocation comes as a result of the company’s growth over the past few years. The new office space is approximately 10,000 sq. ft., which makes it twice the size of its previous…