Supplier News

Toddy Gear Launches New Website
August 16, 2016 at 5:41 pm

Toddy Gear, Chicago, announced the launch of its full-featured and mobile-friendly website, www.toddypromo.com. The company designed this new site to provide the ultimate user-friendly experience with improved functionality throughout and an extensive list of new features, including 3-D virtuals for select products. The site enables visitors to access detailed product information, options, all product specification…

See You in San Diego?
August 16, 2016 at 3:55 pm

Next Sunday, I'll be in San Diego for our Power Meeting event. This will be my first Power Meeting event, and also my first time in California, and I'm looking forward to both equally. (OK, maybe I'm looking forward to the burritos out there the most, but the event is a close second.) After booking…

3 Types of Business Plans: Which Do You Have? Part 1
August 15, 2016 at 4:06 pm

All business owners and sales reps know they should have a plan, right? We’ve all heard the saying, “If we fail to plan, then we are planning to fail,” right? There are three types of business plans, and in my next three articles I will address them. The first and most common type of plan…

Compliance and Product Safety
August 15, 2016 at 3:19 pm

Editor's note: This is a guest post from Bill Mahre, president of ADG Promotional Products. I received an invitation to participate on a recent panel discussion (as one of four ad-specialty suppliers). It was on the state of the industry in front of 800-plus key distributors and suppliers was a terrific opportunity to review key challenges…

6 Cool Products from the 2016 SAAC Show
August 12, 2016 at 5:33 pm

The 2016 Specialty Advertising Association of California (SAAC) Show wrapped up yesterday, and we got to take a good look around the showroom floor. While the sun in Southern California sure was nice, getting to check out some cool promotional products really was the highlight for us. Here are some of the items that stood…

HALO Branded Solutions Completes Record-breaking National Sales Meeting
August 11, 2016 at 3:48 pm

HALO Branded Solutions, San Diego, recently concluded its annual national sales meeting with record attendance of more than 250 of the company's top account executives and more than 150 supplier personnel from HALO Branded Solutions' Preferred Supplier Program at…

Gemline Announces Exclusive Partnership with Moleskine
August 10, 2016 at 5:53 pm

Gemline, Lawrence, Mass., announced that it has formed a long-term, exclusive partnership with Moleskine. On Aug. 1, Gemline is the exclusive supplier of Moleskine within the promotional products industry in the U.S. and Canada. Gemline first announced a partnership with Moleskine in September 2013, allowing the company to carry a selection of Moleskine products. Through this…

Largest Gathering Ever of Industry Technology Leaders
August 9, 2016 at 5:24 pm

More than 100 technologists and business leaders will meet next week in San Francisco at the PPAI Technology Summit. This is largest-ever gathering of industry technology leaders. You can view the PPAI Technology Summit agenda here. The summit will include discussions on search engine optimization, security, project management and about a dozen other relevant topics, including industry…

Video: PM's Top News Stories from July
August 8, 2016 at 3:51 pm

With major acquisitions, profanity-laden T-shirts and scandals from 1995, we had plenty to talk about in July. And, in case you missed any of it, senior content editor Hannah Abrams is here to give you a recap of the biggest stories from around the industry...

Last Chance to Vote! PM Video Battle: Logomark Versus Visage Inc.
August 5, 2016 at 3:53 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: I'm working on my standup routine. What do you call an editor after deadline week? Tired. [Cue laugh-track and "Seinfeld" music.]) Last week, Logomark won its third battle,…