Management

AIA Corporation (AIA), Appleton, Wis., recently welcomed 10 distributors to its community of nearly 300 independent owners and more than 3,000 supplier partners: AGLife Marketing, Bridge Marketing Group, Day One Promotions, Donorfield, Gold Country Marketing, HYGO Branding, Impressive Print and Promotions, Premier Enterprises, Professional Promotional Products and Seattle Swag. Together, these distributors will bring more…

As we prepare for life post-pandemic, what does reopening look like for businesses across the U.S.?

As a promotional products distributor, you are in the business of branding. In an overly commoditized marketplace, if you want to grow your business, you must lead by example with a strong brand that differentiates you from the rest by establishing your expertise and authority in the marketplace...

Brad Doan of Sunscope Group is a long-time diversity advocate for the promo industry. He has been a proven voice of change throughout his associated companies and with the industry at large. Doan’s unique insight helps to demonstrate the importance of diversity and inclusion throughout our working world...

To keep up with the surge in orders, Hanover, Pennsylvania-based QUINN welcomed three more professionals into its family of printing superheroes dedicated to making full-color fabric printing easy for distributors...

There’s little doubt that employee recognition—especially when done both thoughtfully and intentionally—has an enormously positive impact on all involved. From a simple increase in productivity to retaining talent, there are seemingly countless studies that materially show how well employee recognition programs work for all involved. Even with all the irrefutable data, many employers overlook the…

One thing is for sure: Whether distributors have been eyeing center stage or center field, now is an ideal time to jump into the entertainment space. Allowing fans back into venues nationwide should also provide a much-needed spike in promotional product sales...

Smart Source, Atlanta, last week announced its acquisition of the majority of assets of Spot Color LLC, dba Cornerstone Media, Birmingham, Ala. The acquisition of Cornerstone will allow Smart Source to further increase market share and strengthen its existing Southeast operations...

Tropical Storm Elsa made landfall on Florida’s Gulf Coast this morning, and is expected to bring heavy rain and wind as it moves north across the state. The storm briefly strengthened to a Category 1 hurricane last night, according to CBS News, but weakened back to tropical storm status as of this morning. Promotional products…

We've covered supply chain issues in detail, but until recently, they've mostly impacted promotional hard goods. The apparel supply chain tends to have more country diversification, insulating it from some of the issues facing hard goods, which are mostly made in China. That's no longer the case...