Management

Three key activities often rise to the top of the list for getting needed resolve. Addressing them directly clears the way for success.

SupplyLogic and WebbMason Marketing announced today that they have reached an agreement to merge the two entities. Combining the brands provides a portfolio of tech-enabled marketing services and solutions for print, digital, point-of-sale and branded merchandise program execution. WebbMason's creative and omni-channel solutions combined with SupplyLogic's technology, supply chain and execution capabilities offer businesses end-to-end…

HALO, Sterling, Ill., hosted the company's national sales meeting, Breakthrough Summit 2022, on June 20-24. More than 600 HALO selling professionals and industry suppliers joined HALO management and staff at the event, held at the Grand America hotel in downtown Salt Lake City. The Breakthrough Summit featured small-group "Impression Sessions" with key HALO suppliers, training…

AIA Corporation (AIA), Appleton, Wisc., recently announced the promotion of Andres Blanco to vice president of owner success, and welcomed Kali Zecy and Kelli Bernd as new owner success managers. These positions will further expand the owner success team’s resources and talent to support AIA’s growing owner community. “AIA is dedicated to investing in the…

The first half of the year is over and now we need to finish strong. Your next play can set the stage for the remainder of the year.

As I pen this blog, I am in Vegas for the 2022 World Series of Poker. There are lots of great business lessons in the game of poker—patience, situational awareness, position and many more. In poker, going all-in means that you commit all your chips to the pot, typically with the belief that you have…

Your website is open for business 24/7, and it must quickly communicate to your ideal client that you understand their needs and wants, that you speak the same language and that they can trust you with their projects. If you’re interested in improving your distributor website, start by identifying what needs to be fixed. Are you making any of these mistakes?...

Cristina and Fernando Bertero, owners of the Fully Promoted franchise in the Greater West Cleveland area, have acquired Garment Specialties, a 35-year-old company selling apparel and decorated products. The purchase is expected to double sales and expand the reach of the Cleveland-area franchise location into a new geographic area (Cleveland Southeast) and...

Austin, Texas-based Ariel Galletti has joined BAMKO, Los Angeles, in a strategic development role. She comes from Sock Club and was previously at RDP Creative. Galletti will be working directly with Josh White, BAMKO’s senior vice president of strategic growth, and help drive a number of BAMKO’s most high-impact strategic growth initiatives...

As the organization’s leader goes through the business day, there are all manner of potential distractions. It can often seem like too much of the leader’s time is spent cleaning up messes and completing (or doing) staff work that can and should be handled at other levels of the organization. As the leader, how will you deploy your most valuable, precious resource: time?...