Marketing and Sales

All our Philly teams are bad, so let’s just say we’ve been avoiding all of our usual sports beats on social media. That's given us some extra time and incentive to hunt for fun promotional products across the web and in real life. This week’s haul is a good one, if we may say so ourselves. (We do say so. It’s our magazine.) Check 'em out!...

For promotional products businesses, normalcy means trade shows. We talked to promo insiders, an analyst at Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security and an executive at the International Association of Events and Exhibitions to find out what the industry is doing without shows and events, when they might return and what they'll look like when they do...

Overture Promotions, the distributor based in Waukegan, Ill., announced that it is a founding member of the Brand Unbound global network. The six member-firms have been working together for the past year to serve shared global clients, and to build integrated processes and technology to support globe-spanning promotional programs...

Canceling was never an option. Instead, more than 250 members of the AIA community went online and got up-close and virtual at the AIA 2020 National Sales Meeting. Themed “2020 Reimagined,” the virtual event brought together AIA owners, employees and MVP suppliers for four days of collaborative, peer-to-peer conversations and learning. The packed agenda included…

InnerWorkings Inc., Chicago, announced today that its stockholders officially approved a merger with HH Global Group Limited. InnerWorkings will officially become a wholly owned subsidiary, after the deal was first announced back in July. At that time, Promo Marketing's sister publication Print+Promo reported that HH Global would acquire InnerWorkings at a price of $3 per…

Proforma, Cleveland, recently held its PROmentum Q4 Kickoff Event to provide Proforma owners, sales reps and team members with the momentum and motivation to head into the fourth quarter poised for success. The meeting, which was held virtually on Sept. 15-16, was attended by more than 600 members of the Proforma family. Kicking off PROmentum…

It’s officially fall, which means Halloween decorations, pumpkin-spice everything and, of course, promos. This week, our five favorite promotional products include brewery glasses shaped like beer cans, "LOST" coffee mugs and a "Die Hard" kazoo for some reason...

Selco LLC, Tulsa, Okla., has acquired certain assets of Belair Time Corporation. Selco has been operating Belair since June, and the merger is dated back to June 1. Belair had closed its New Jersey facility in March in response to a state mandate due to COVID-19. In May, Selco and Belair put together an agreement…

Just as we do with musicians and movie stars, the world mourned through merchandise with the passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. With her high profile in pop culture, it was only natural that fans would flock to buy all things RBG. The Trump Campaign launched a shirt, too...

Stan W. A. Dohan, MAS, MASI, president and chief operating officer of Allen/ColorCraft, Blanchester, Ohio, announced Eysoldt Marketing Group Inc. as its new home territory sales reps in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. Matt Eysoldt and his sister, Allison DuFau, have joined Allen/ColorCraft as their sales and marketing team for…