Management

Goldstar’s global general manager, Howard Cubberly, announced leadership changes and continued expansion of the San Diego-based company into a global supplier brand. “In an effort to met the growing international demand of our distributor customers and leverage the strengths of our facilities, being [ower and teams throughout North America and Europe, we have taken the…

Vantage Apparel announced it has acquired full-service European corporate apparel supplier Lynka, headquartered in Poland. According to Vantage, the acquisition will make it the largest global supplier and decorator of corporate apparel—offering its decoration services worldwide...

If you support a sales rep or sales team, you need to ask four questions and avoid asking one. All are discussed in Bill’s blog.

Spector & Co. announced the hiring of industry veterans Kippie Helzel and Bruce Curry. “It’s not every day that you can land talent like Kippie and Bruce, and we feel very fortunate that they’ve both decided to join our team at the same time,” said Rob Spector, CEO of Spector & Co....

Maple Ridge Farms, Mosinee, Wis., announced an expansion of its full-time team. Joining the supplier are Krista Polka, sales; Mikelti Metropulos, sales; Cheri Dassow, customer service; and Julia Schultz, creative services...

It is my experience that most people postpone success because they are waiting for perfect. Waiting for the perfect moment. Waiting to perfect their industry or sales knowledge. Waiting to perfect their finances. Waiting for things to be perfect is a perfectly terrible excuse. The truth is that once you get started doing anything, no…

Here’s a simple four step process for developing competency, skills, and confidence in your managers and supervisors.

Ask the Accountant… Question: How can I find out if and when I emailed an invoice to a client out of QB Premier? Answer: QuickBooks has a nice feature on its invoices called “See History.” It is a button on the top left of the invoice template just to the right of the word “Invoice.”…

The PPAI board of directors announced that Dale Denham, MAS+ has been named as the new president and CEO of PPAI. Robert (Bob) McLean, Jr., who has been serving as interim president as well as executive vice president for the last six months, will continue as executive vice president...

Polyconcept North America (PCNA) announced this week that Bill Peterson has joined the company as vice president of sales. With more than 30 years of sales experience, Peterson comes to PCNA from Direct Sourcing Solutions, where he was vice president of sales and chief revenue officer...