Supplier News
October 10, 2018 at 12:09 pm
HanesBrands, Winston-Salem, N.C., announced that it is donating nearly 350,000 pairs of underwear, socks and T-shirts to assist victims of flooding from Hurricane Florence in the Carolinas and the Southeast. Hanes is partnering with nonprofit charity Delivering Good to distribute essential basic apparel valued at more than $2 million…
October 3, 2018 at 12:14 pm
Sign-Zone LLC (parent company of Showdown Displays), Brooklyn Center, Minn., announced that it has acquired Jansen Display Group (Jansen), a designer and manufacturer of promotional display hardware and signage systems. Headquartered in Prestanov, Czech Republic, with additional offices in Germany, the U.K., Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Spain, Jansen provides customized poster systems, snap frames, poster…
October 1, 2018 at 10:42 am
Promo Marketing, the Philadelphia-based provider of product information and custom marketing solutions for distributor sales professionals, today launched a new, state-of-the-art website for its popular Power Meeting events...
September 26, 2018 at 11:37 am
If things were looking good for distributors in 2017, they were even better for promotional products suppliers. While our Top 50 distributors totaled just over $5 billion in promotional products sales last year, the 2018 Top 50 Suppliers totaled $5.3 billion, besting their $4.6 billion 2016 total by a full $690 million (a 14.9 percent increase)...
September 26, 2018 at 11:34 am
If things were looking good for distributors in 2017, they were even better for promotional products suppliers. While our Top 50 distributors totaled just over $5 billion in promotional products sales last year, the 2018 Top 50 Suppliers totaled $5.3 billion, besting their $4.6 billion 2016 total by a full $690 million (a 14.9 percent […]
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 18, 2018 at 10:03 am
Taek Sung, senior vice president of sales and marketing for iClick, joined the show to talk about PopSockets, content marketing and the unexpected speed bumps that accompany 275 percent year-over-year growth. (Such as: Do you have enough parking spaces? What about bathrooms?) Plus, Sean and Brendan discuss Colorado Timberline's sudden closing due to a ransomware attack...
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 14, 2018 at 2:08 pm
Gemline, Lawrence, Mass., announced that gas explosions in Lawrence as well as nearby Andover…
September 13, 2018 at 2:22 pm
Colorado Timberline, the supplier based in Denver, posted an announcement on its website yesterday announcing that the company was closing abruptly. Here's the full text of the message: Dear valued customers and suppliers of Colorado Timberline: It is with great difficulty and a heavy heart that we must inform you that effective immediately Colorado Timberline…