Promo Products
September 20, 2018 at 2:16 pm
This week, HUB Promotional Group announced two acquisitions, Origaudio and BCG Creations. Bill Miller, founder of BCG Creations, spoke with Promo Marketing about the acquisition—how it happened, why he made the move and what it means for customers...
September 19, 2018 at 2:10 pm
We spoke with a couple of industry pros about what items distributors should be looking to for their clients’ trade show needs, how they can maximize their impact at these events, and some details about past successes...
September 19, 2018 at 1:59 pm
HUB Promotional Group, Braintree, Mass., announced today the acquisition of Origaudio, Fountain Valley, Calif. HUB Promotional Group is now up to seven suppliers, this deal coming just two days after HUB announced its acquisition of Montreal-based BCG Creations. The Origaudio acquisition is big for HUB. The company is only nine years old, and has already…
September 19, 2018 at 1:45 pm
Sweda Company LLC, City of Industry, Calif., has added Teddie McGinley as a new regional sales executive for New York. McGinley joins Sweda with previous industry sales experience at Chocolate Inn/Taylor & Grant, having most recently worked in sales as Northeast regional account manager for Emerald Brand, where she…
September 18, 2018 at 1:50 pm
After the U.S. proposed additional (and threatened to ratchet up) tariffs against Chinese goods, China responded today by imposing new trade tariffs on $60 billion of…
September 18, 2018 at 11:29 am
Paul Bellantone, president and CEO of PPAI, issued the following message regarding disaster relief for promotional products companies affected by Hurricane Florence or Olivia: PPAI stands ready to assist members and non-members who are affected by Hurricane Florence or Olivia. PPAI sends out…
September 17, 2018 at 2:08 pm
In a deal finalized on Sept. 14, 2018, BCG Creations, Montreal, was acquired by HUB Promotional Group, Braintree, Mass., which is now comprised of six suppliers: HUB Pen Company Beacon Best Promotions Cooler Graphics Debco Bag Distributors BCG Creations Based in Montreal, Quebec, with a distribution center in Champlain, N.Y., BCG has served clients in the promotional…
September 17, 2018 at 1:53 pm
Facilisgroup, St. Louis, announced that GNP Branded Gear, Nesconset, N.Y.. has joined its community of leading promotional products distributor partners. GNP has been serving the nation's premier trade and professional associations, colleges and universities, and corporations since 1985. “Facilisgroup’s technology and recommended best practices will help us provide an even better customer experience and work more…
September 17, 2018 at 1:09 pm
When we here at Promo Marketing reflect on 2008, our minds turn to sports, as that year yielded the second World Series title for our beloved Philadelphia Phillies. Our jubilation aside, the calendar was largely unkind when one elects to focus on the biggest economic events from a decade ago. The bankruptcy filing by Lehman…
September 17, 2018 at 11:53 am
Sometimes in sales we need to sort out those who are truly interested and qualified from those who are just wasting our time. They aren’t necessarily bad people. Perhaps they just don’t know how to say “no” or how to be fully candid. After 40 years in sales, I have developed a method of sorting…
