Supplier News

Last Chance to Vote! PM Video Battle: C2BPromo Versus Stahls' DFC
February 17, 2017 at 1:49 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: Pitchers and catchers are at spring training! My invitation from the Phillies must have gotten lost in the mail, though.) Last week, C2BPromo won, and now will face off against…

PPAI Names Committee and Advisory Chairs, Liasons
February 17, 2017 at 1:17 pm

Promotional Products Association International (PPAI), Irving, Texas, announced today the new Volunteer Committee and Advisory Group Chairs and Liaisons for the 2017 to 2018 term. The PPAI Committees and Advisory Groups are comprised of volunteer representatives from the association’s membership, including distributors, suppliers, business services partners and representatives, who work together to promote, protect and…

OTTO International Inc. Establishes Territory Representatives
February 16, 2017 at 11:47 am

OTTO International Inc., Ontario, Calif., announced a plan to establish territory representatives across the U.S., focusing on business development and growth. With a new aggressive sales structure, OTTO International Inc. plans to increase market shares exponentially. OTTO International Inc. has established 11 regions nationwide, primarily focusing on nine regions within the contiguous U.S. Leading the…

Admints & Zagabor Achieves QCA Accreditation
February 15, 2017 at 1:46 pm

Quality Certification Alliance (QCA), Chicago, the promotional product industry’s only independent, non-governmental accreditation organization dedicated to helping companies provide safe products, has awarded QCA Accreditation to Bellmawr, New Jersey-based Admints & Zagabor - a division of Hit Promotional Products. QCA-Accredited companies endorse a self-certification, complete a rigorous self-assessment, and then submit their headquarters and their…

Trump's Trade Plans Could Hurt Apparel Sector Most
February 15, 2017 at 11:42 am

In light of President Donald Trump's "America First" trade plan, industry analysts are predicting the retail and apparel industries will be hit hardest, according to Mauldin Economics. Because most of the garment industry no longer operates in the U.S., these companies will feel the impact of Trump's…

BIC Graphic Red Wing Donates $5,500 to Local Sheriff Department
February 14, 2017 at 11:56 am

The Red Wing, Minn., branch of BIC Graphic, Clearwater, Fla., donated $5,500 to the Goodhue County, Minn., sheriff's department to support the foundation of the water rescue and recovery team. Cassie Otto, Deb Fleming and Linda Huppert of BIC Graphic Red Wing visited the Goodhue County Sheriff Department to present them…

Victorinox's Janet Jones Wins Lifeguard Award
February 13, 2017 at 1:32 pm

Victorinox Swiss Army, Monroe, Conn., announced that Janet Jones, West region manager, was awarded the 2016 Lifeguard Award by PromoShop. The award recognizes an outstanding outside representative in a vote by sales representatives and internal sales support employees. This is the…

BIG and BIH Event Planned for April
February 10, 2017 at 11:00 am

Bangkok International Gift Fair and Bangkok International Houseware Fair is a trade platform where designers, manufacturers and entrepreneurs of all kinds of lifestyle products throughout Thailand and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to showcase the latest collections…

PPEF Scholarship Application Opens
February 9, 2017 at 2:32 pm

The Promotional Products Education Foundation (PPEF) is now accepting applications for college scholarships. Promotional products professionals and their children are eligible to apply for college scholarships. Since 1989, PPEF has awarded more than $1.5 million to students with parents in the promotional products industry. Employees of promotional products companies are eligible to apply as well.…

Near-Record Attendance at PPAI Expo 2017
February 3, 2017 at 11:06 am

Promotional Products Association International (PPAI), Irving, Texas, concluded The PPAI Expo 2017 with near-record attendance and participation. The world’s largest promotional products trade show, held Jan. 8 to 12, attracted a total of 12,267 distributor personnel, the show's largest attendance since 2008, from 4,065 companies together for the five-day event in Las Vegas. The PPAI…