Supplier News

First Power Meeting of 2016 Is Huge Success
April 5, 2016 at 1:55 pm

The sun was shining over Promo Marketing's very successful Power Meeting, held March 14 through 17 in Scottsdale, Ariz. Attendees received numerous product samples, including sunglasses from Hit Promotional Products, Largo, Fla., and towels from Pittsburgh-based Pro Towels,…

Ennis Inc. Announces Proposed Sale of Alstyle Apparel
April 5, 2016 at 12:13 pm

Ennis Inc., Midlothian, Texas, announced the pending sale of its apparel division yesterday. On Friday, Ennis Inc. entered into a unit purchase agreement with Alstyle Operations LLC to sell Alstyle Apparel and its subsidiaries, which constitute Ennis Inc.'s apparel division, to the buyer for an aggregate purchase price of $88 million. The purchase price includes $76…

Last Chance to Vote! PM Video Battle: KTI Networks/KTI Promo Versus RushImprint
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…

American Apparel Adds Former Liz Claiborne CEO as Chairman
April 1, 2016 at 4:04 pm

After Los Angeles-based American Apparel's restructure plan was approved in court—albeit after contention from founder and former CEO Dov Charney—the company has moved out of bankruptcy and announced that it has appointed Paul R. Charron, former CEO of Liz Claiborne, as its chairman. According to the Los Angeles Times, Charron is joining American Apparel's seven-seat…

Pro Sports Leagues Lead U.S. Licensed Merchandise Market
March 31, 2016 at 5:24 pm

Sports fans love to show their devotion (literally) on their sleeves. Heck, as we saw yesterday, some people own multiple shirts for the same teams. This shouldn't come as much of a shock. According to a study by Market Research Reports, professional sports leagues,…

J. America Wholesale Blanks Recapitalizes
March 30, 2016 at 5:24 pm

J. America Wholesale Blanks, Folwerville, Mich., has partnered with Cleveland-based Blue Point Capital Partners to recapitalize. According to Crain's Cleveland Business, Blue Point Capital Partners took a majority stake in the company and plans to grow the company's operations. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. "With a broad product range and multiple distribution changes,…

Check Out the Merch Table
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…

Raining Rose Inc. Receives B Corp Certification
March 29, 2016 at 3:22 pm

Raining Rose Inc., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has become a certified B Corporation (B Corp), and joins more than 1,600 businesses in 120 industries and nearly 50 countries with the same recognition. Certified B Corporations meet the highest standards of social and environmental performance, transparency, and accountability. They legally are required to comprehensively measure their impacts…