Marketing and Sales

The world of political merchandise is meme-heavy and adversarial. Candidates capitalize on soundbites, memes, and even indictments for inspiration. The latest examples are Mike Pence's "Too Honest" T-shirt and a collection of "Dark Brandon" Biden items.

Crystal D, St. Paul, MN, has hired two new territory managers. Kristin Altenburg has been hired as the Midwest territory manager and Erika McCullough has been hired as the Northeast territory manager.

Facilisgroup, St. Louis, MO, announced the launch of its latest innovation: Commercio Orders. The free-to-use order management software is designed specifically to cater to the unique needs of small and mid-sized distributors and the suppliers they work with, streamlining the process of sourcing competitively priced products, managing quotes, and issuing purchase orders. Commercio Orders offers…

You have a massive sales task. It’s like a mountain. Bill Farquharson shares how to reach the top with advice he learned from biking.

A young soon-to-be sales rep is taking a different approach to conquering sales challenges. Here is what we can learn from her.

Ask the Accountant… Question: There are lots on ins and outs in software, and the percentage that any user knows about is likely very small. I was working with a distributor, and he pointed out a shortcut with which I was not familiar. I have shared it below. Answer: In QuickBooks Desktop (Pro, Premier, or…

Artificial Intelligence platforms like Midjourney have plenty of implications for apparel designers. You can theoretically plug in an art prompt and end up with a printable image in minutes, if not seconds. Urban Outfitters is showing how AI can be used for more of the behind-the-scenes and business side of things, using AI platform o9…

Business history provides valuable insight. Here are four lessons that come to mind when I think of companies that are no longer here.

The world is becoming more robotic. Salespeople need to be more personal than ever. It is an increasingly important differentiator.

Marketing and sales automation platform DemandBridge and print-on-demand provider Peecho have entered a partnership to offer DemandBridge clients unlimited print flexibility. Benefits for DB clients include localized printing, procurement, and immediate local tax compliance for international print orders, so they can enter new international markets with confidence. Peecho's checkout software is now integrated with DemandBridge's…