Supplier News
January 31, 2019 at 1:59 pm
Prime Line, Bridgeport, Conn., the hard goods division of alphabroder, launched 250 new items at the industry’s January trade shows and in its 2019 "New and Favorites" catalog. The favorites among distributors at the shows were the Prime-designed Pull-Topper and MopToppers Webcam Security Cover, the Light-Up-Your-Logo Collection, and Marble journals. “Innovative products have always been…
January 28, 2019 at 11:46 am
Bullet, Hialeah, Fla., announced the launch of more than 160 new items for 2019. From exclusive new items to the expansion of popular inline styles, the product introduction for 2019 is one of the largest and most diverse in the company’s history. Highlights of the 2019 launch include eye-catching materials in bags, the hottest trends…
January 25, 2019 at 1:34 pm
HUB Promotional Group’s Hub Pen Company accepted the Promotional Products Association International (PPAI) Gold Pyramid Award at the PPAI Pyramid Award Celebration held Jan. 15, 2019 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center, in conjunction with The PPAI Expo in…
January 22, 2019 at 1:50 pm
Chocolate Inn/Lanco announced the combination of its screen print and embroidery decorating business, Screen Printers Design (SPD), with Shoreline Monogramming Inc. to form SPD/Shoreline, as the group will now be called. Shoreline, founded in 1984 and based in Westchester County, N.Y., is a long-established leader in the embroidery and screen-printing business, servicing major retailer and…
January 22, 2019 at 12:36 pm
Bill Mahre, president of ADG Promotional Products, joined the show to recap PPAI Expo 2019 and discuss his vision for the promo industry as his PPAI board term begins. (The key? Making promo quicker, easier and better for the end-buyer.) He also told us about his brush with Hollywood stardom as part of the Minnesota Twins organization in the '90s...
January 21, 2019 at 12:05 pm
Raining Rose Inc., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has promoted Nate Robson, the current director of promotional sales, to serve as director of business development starting April 1. He will be working in coordination with all the Raining Rose…
January 21, 2019 at 8:36 am
Whew, what a week. Between circling the show floor, sitting in on education sessions and sneaking off to the In-N-Out Burger, we kept ourselves busy at PPAI Expo 2019. In case you missed any of our event coverage, here's a roundup of all the stories we ran last week recapping the show...
January 17, 2019 at 2:34 pm
Leed’s, New Kensington, Pa., and FinalStraw, a manufacturer of collapsible, reusable straws, announced their exclusive partnership to bring the FinalStraw brand to the promotional products industry. “Leed’s is an industry leader who understands the importance of corporate social responsibility, so our partnership with them felt very natural,” said Emma Cohen, CEO and co-founder for FinalStraw.…
January 16, 2019 at 8:00 pm
Somehow, the second day of exhibits has already come to close at PPAI Expo 2019. (Time flies when you're raiding the media lounge snack bar, you know?) Just like yesterday in our day one roundup, we put together a shortlist of the most interesting products, people and booth displays we saw on day two...
January 15, 2019 at 7:11 pm
The exhibit hall at PPAI Expo 2019 opened this morning, and there was a lot to see and do. Since it's impossible to get to it all, we figured we'd help out in the best way we could—by highlighting some of the cool products, interesting people and creative booth displays we spied on our travels up and down the show floor...
