Promo Products
April 6, 2016 at 2:17 pm
Proforma, Cleveland, announced that 32 owners achieved their next levels of success in 2015, and were inducted into Proforma’s Million and Multi Million Dollar Clubs. Proforma’s Million Dollar Club, the largest single group of million-dollar producers in the…
April 5, 2016 at 3:04 pm
BIC Graphic, Clearwater, Fla., announced Ken Thomsen, its national account manager, received an Outstanding Service award from Austin, Texas-based Boundless at the distributor's annual Founder's Circle Sales Meeting in March. Boundless gave out five supplier awards based on its five core values. Thomsen…
April 5, 2016 at 2:45 pm
Congratulations to the 2016 #Online18! Each year I do this list, I find it more and more difficult to identify the top influencers. Each year, Klout and other online scoring tools factor less and less in the final ranking. Still useful, these online tools can’t measure the impact a person has and often mistakes activity…
April 4, 2016 at 5:48 pm
A new study finds that teenagers who own items, like hats, T-shirts and can coolers, branded with alcohol company logos are more likely to drink. According to the Rapid City Journal, Australian researchers analyzed 13 studies that focused on alcohol-branded merchandise and teen drinking. Four of the studies…
April 4, 2016 at 4:26 pm
Shumsky, Dayton, Ohio, has hired Darren Taulbee as chief financial officer. Taulbee brings more than 20 years of diverse accounting and management experience, and will work closely with ownership as a member of Shumsky’s executive team. He will be responsible for managing the company’s banking and insurance provider partners,…
April 1, 2016 at 5:50 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: Your shoelace is untied. Gotcha.) Last week, KTI Networks/KTI Promo won, and now will face RushImprint. The winner will be decided by a simple poll. The poll will close…
March 31, 2016 at 6:11 pm
Where will you be when things settle down? A great number of marginal performers will be gone. Those who have not innovated will be gone. Those who have not created value for their clients will be gone. But a lot of us will be standing, and will be better, stronger and more equipped for success.…
March 31, 2016 at 3:49 pm
MBF Perry Company, Hoover, Ala., announced that it has joined Lewiston, Maine-based Geiger as an affiliate. For more than 20 years, MBF Perry Co. has provided award-winning strategies for printing solutions, promotional products, marketing and apparel to clients all over the country. By affiliating with Geiger, MBF Perry Company's co-founders, Bill and Melanie Perry, and…
March 30, 2016 at 6:02 pm
On Friday, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders had a Disney princess moment at a rally in Oregon. During his speech, a bird flew around him and eventually landed on the podium. "I know it doesn't look like it, but that bird is really a dove asking us for world peace," responded Sanders. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jc2TVLoxsDA #BirdieSanders soon began…
March 29, 2016 at 5:32 pm
I listen to a lot of music, and I've been to more shows than I can count (many of which were in basements and certainly broke fire codes). Because of this, I have my fair share of concert and band tees. Recently, we reported a few stories about music merchandise—a new app lets music fans…
