Marketing and Sales
March 10, 2017 at 2:24 pm
Baseball players can obtain Hall of Fame status by failing 70 percent of the time that they bat, and weather personalities often receive passes for inaccurate forecasts because, well, Mother Nature can be fickle. J. Crew has proven that retailers can rebound from mistakes, too, as the mega earner is profiting from a T-shirt that…
March 10, 2017 at 10:59 am
The economy is in a pretty good spot right now. Unemployment is relatively low. Consumer confidence is high. The Washington Post is musing about the stock market maybe being "too hot." These are all good signs—too good, for some economists. Are we due for a recession?...
March 9, 2017 at 2:34 pm
Nokia will soon bring to the United States a modernized version of its popular 3310 mobile phone. Will the Brick catch on? And, if it does, what could it mean for the accessories market?...
March 9, 2017 at 2:10 pm
iPROMOTEu, Wayland, Mass., hosted its annual “Thank You” Reception in Las Vegas during the PPAI Expo. The event featured an Elvis Presley impersonator who provided entertainment throughout the evening. Paul Bellantone, president and CEO of PPAI, extended words of welcome to the crowd of approximately 350 iPROMOTEu affiliates, guests and representatives of some of iPROMOTEu’s…
March 8, 2017 at 2:16 pm
The Miami Marlins will mark their 25th anniversary season with a print and digital applications alteration to their logo.
March 8, 2017 at 1:55 pm
To get into the spirit of St. Patrick's Day, the Trump-Pence campaign webstore was selling green, St. Patrick's Day-themed "Make America Great Again" hats with a shamrock on the back. The only problem: They made the shamrock wrong, printing a four-leaf clover instead. And the internet was not forgiving.
March 7, 2017 at 2:52 pm
Amazon's Jeffrey P. Bezos is looking to send a lunar lander to the Moon as part of Blue Origin's aim to facilitate human access to space.
March 7, 2017 at 2:07 pm
Hub Pen Company, Braintree, Mass., announced that Jim Maddox was awarded Top Representative of the Year from Sunbelt Promotional Products Association (SPPA). “Jim has a phenomenal work ethic and strongly relates to his customers”, said Andy Arruda, national sales manager…
March 6, 2017 at 2:39 pm
Whether you watched the Oscars or not, by now everyone has heard about the big mistake. The last and most important Oscar for best picture was awarded in error to the wrong film. By the time the error was caught and corrected, two producers of the non-winning film had already given their acceptance speeches, and…
March 3, 2017 at 11:40 am
Chocolate Inn/Taylor & Grant, Hicksville, N.Y., announced that two of its multi-line representatives have received Image Gold Awards from Promotional Product Professionals Canada (PPPC). PPPC recognized Line Chaumont of Promocom as Multi-Line Sales Agency of the Year for Eastern Canada, and Karen Spencer of Creative Solutions and Ideas as the Multi-Line Agency of the Year…
