Marketing and Sales
November 2, 2016 at 5:32 pm
After more than 10 years in court, a legal dispute over "The Wizard of Oz," "Gone With the Wind" and "Tom and…
November 1, 2016 at 6:36 pm
ERB Safety/Fame Fabrics, Woodstock, Ga., announced the addition of Lou Borini as Northeast regional sales manager. Based in Albany, N.Y., Borini will cultivate and grow existing business relationships while developing new partnerships in the promotional products, hospitality and safety industries,…
November 1, 2016 at 6:01 pm
Most salespeople are extremely agile. Extremely agile. Salespeople want to say "yes" to anything. Agility is critical to success in sales. A great process is critical, too, but being flexible to meet each customer’s needs is equally critical. Agility often breaks down once you get past sales. Operation teams often are far less agile by…
October 31, 2016 at 6:37 pm
We all know that today is the spookiest day of the year. And for those of you who are planning on attending/throwing a Halloween party tonight, we have you covered. Here are four must-haves for any Halloween shindig. 1. Lone Ranger Mask from Admints and Zagabor The first step in any successful Halloween party is…
October 31, 2016 at 6:11 pm
Griffin Capital has acquired North Mankato, Minnesota-based 3M's DeKalb, Ill., distribution facility for $69.4 million from Park 88 Group LLC, according to a press release. 3M leased the 978,000 square foot facility in August for 122 months. "We are excited to acquire a new, state-of-the-art, class-A logistics facility that serves as a primary distribution center…
October 28, 2016 at 5:47 pm
Promo Marketing’s Video Battle pits two industry videos against each other for the chance at the ultimate bragging right: Being declared our readership’s absolute favorite. (Next up: It's the spookiest time of the year! Remember, if you're giving out trick-or-treat candy, that if you give kids apples instead of candy you're inviting ghosts to haunt…
October 28, 2016 at 3:40 pm
Hanesbrands Inc., Winston-Salem, N.C., released its third-quarter financial results, which included net sales growth of 11 percent, record cash flow from operations (reaching $337 million) and double-digit earnings-per-share growth. For the quarter ended Oct. 1, net sales reached $1.76 billion, which the company attributed to organic innerwear growth and acquisition-related international growth. "As forecasted, we…
October 28, 2016 at 2:21 pm
Prime Line, Bridgeport, Conn., released the fall edition of its quarterly trends report What's Trending Now, which has been selected as a finalist in the 2017 PPAI Technology Award competition in the category of blogs/podcasts/digital news. Customers can view the new issue of What's Trending Now here. The fall report features stories on the latest…
October 27, 2016 at 6:21 pm
We knew that Donald Trump's campaign spent more money on promotional products than televised ads in June, choosing to let his iconic "Make America Great Again" caps do a lot of the advertising for him. We also knew that, at least during the Republican primaries, his campaign allocated 75 percent of its total spending on marketing.…
October 27, 2016 at 3:16 pm
The Evanston, Illinois-based team of Sarah Neikrug and Vickie Block, MAS, known as Team Sarah and Vickie, has joined Lewiston, Maine-based Geiger as an affiliate in September. Over the last five years, this mother-daughter…