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Ford, following in the footsteps of Ferrari, is increasing its non-automotive merchandise in an effort to create a wider ranging brand. The company just hired Alexandra Ford English, great-great granddaughter of Henry Ford, to the newly-created position of global brand merchandising director...
AIM Smarter LLC (AIM), Philadelphia, will host the final installment of its nine-month diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) event series on October 5, 2021, at 12 p.m. EDT. Free and open to all, this virtual event series was sponsored by Koozie Group. It consisted of five webinars and four discussion sessions covering topics including DEI…
Boundless was acquired by a private equity partnership in June of this year. With the industry seeing more changes than ever in ownership, mergers and acquisitions, I thought this would be a good time to sit down with one of the investors and interim president of Boundless, Charley Dean. He shares his perspective on how he views the industry’s greatest opportunities and challenges...
LogoMotions has announced the addition of Justin Warren as a partner with the company. Warren will join owner John King, who founded the Seattle-based promotional products distributorship 22 years ago; and operations manager Meredith Sprovier. LogoMotions is a long-time member of AIA Corporation, where King has earned the AIA Lifetime Achievement Award and membership in…
Strict lockdowns in China have already caused supply chain issues ranging from cargo backlogs at ports where workers tested positive to canceled orders at small factories facing cash-flow problems due to backed-up inventory. While these issues have so far indirectly impacted the promo industry, new and sudden shutdowns in the city of Xiamen are having a more immediate effect...
Jo Gilley, CEO of Overture Promotions, joined the show to tell us how Overture grew sales from $81.6 million to $126.9 million in the middle of the pandemic (and from $60.6 million the year before) en route to a No. 14 overall finish on the 2021 Top Distributors list. And Print+Promo editor Elise Carr joins Sean and Brendan to discuss the big takeaways, surprises and success stories from the list...
Proforma’s Owner Advisory Council (OAC), recently held its annual planning meeting with Proforma’s top Executive Team members. Every year, the Proforma OAC members are elected by their fellow affiliate owners in their North American geographical area...
As part of our 2021 Top Distributors list, we asked some of the top-ranked distributors about how…
As part of our 2021 Top Distributors list, we asked some of the top-ranked distributors about how…
As part of our 2021 Top Distributors list, we asked some of the top-ranked distributors about how they fared during the first year of the pandemic, their thoughts on the industry, their future plans and more. Here, we talked to Andy Shape of Stran Promotional Solutions, the No. 30 company on this year's list...