Supplier News
January 4, 2016 at 3:45 pm
It's a new year, a chance to start fresh. Before you get bogged down in the inevitable day-to-day details of running your business, now's the time to ponder and discuss long-term visions. For one thing, your mind probably has been away from the grind anyway. Chances are, over the holidays, you were already reading and…
December 31, 2015 at 6:14 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: We're gearing up for 2016. This last year was a great one for us, and we're looking forward to an even better one starting tomorrow!) Last week, Next…
December 31, 2015 at 4:49 pm
Logomark, Tustin, Calif., will showcase its newest products for 2016 as well as its design platform, MyLogomark Marketing Hub, at the upcoming Promotional Products Association International (PPAI) Expo 2016, held Jan. 10-14 in Las Vegas. Logomark will occupy a 4,000-square-foot space at booth No. 2713. During the expo, Logomark will demonstrate its new marketing platform…
December 31, 2015 at 4:05 pm
Although we believe that many apparel companies have developed competitive advantages enabling them to earn outsize returns, for the most part we see these competitive advantages as shorter term in nature, thus falling more toward the narrow-moat end of the scale. As fashion trends change to reflect the values and cultural identity of the times,…
December 30, 2015 at 6:22 pm
Openers Plus, Costa Mesa, Calif., will be featured on the TV show "World's Greatest," highlighting the company's bottle openers. "Openers Plus has been creating the best bottle openers for a long time," said Jim Wysopal, president of Openers Plus. "It's really nice to now be the 'World's Greatest' bottle openers." Wysopal said the company's use…
December 30, 2015 at 5:06 pm
Cintas Corporation, Cincinnati, reported results for its second quarter of fiscal year 2016 ended Nov. 30, 2015. Revenue for the second quarter of fiscal year 2016 was $1.22 billion, an increase of 8.5 percent over the prior year period. Organic growth, which adjusts for the impacts of acquisitions and foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations, was…
December 30, 2015 at 4:13 pm
Sterling Cut Glass, Erlanger, Ky., announced the addition of Tessa Trumble as Western territory sales manager. Trumble, who was was recognized as a PPAI Rising Star in 2014, will focus on developing new relationships with key distributors and managing Sterling Cut…
December 29, 2015 at 6:26 pm
Zero Moment of Truth (ZMOT) is about being there whenever and wherever your client might be receptive to your message. It used to be far less complicated to be in sales, especially in the promotional products industry. If you had the relationship, you were the clients' resource. Your marketing primarily consisted of sending a catalog…
December 29, 2015 at 6:08 pm
Now that West Coast shipping ports are clear of the congestion that plagued them during the last two years, the largest container ship ever to arrive at a North American port has docked at the Port of Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles…
December 29, 2015 at 4:57 pm
With the current boom of 3-D printed materials, products, such as medical materials, toys and tech items, have been created through 3-D printers. Now, according to 3ders.org, a U.K.-based company called Tamicare has begun operations on its first production line of 3-D printed textiles, and plans to mass produce wearable items through its patented Cosyflex…
