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Score One For Promotional Sports Programs
Whether it’s for the love of the game or the love of a good business challenge, the sports market is an industry many promotional professionals are eager to enter. Sports-related promotional marketing can focus on professional, amateur, collegiate, community or corporate programs, and all come with their own set of rules to play by. Read More »
West280, Inc.
Silicon Valley is home to a lot of mythology, the biggest myth being two guys in a garage home-brewing some breakthrough technology. West280 really is a story about two guys who got their start in a garage: Portola Valley Garage in Portola Valley, California, the auto repair shop owned by West280 co-founder Tom Ramies. Portola Valley also happens to be at the epicenter of innovation in Silicon Valley with one of the highest ratios of patents per-capita in the nation. Read More »
Value Statement
A Supplier Asks: When sourcing products, it appears to distributors that several suppliers manufacture identical products. In some cases, this is true. In others, it is not. Some suppliers use higher-grade materials for items that have look-a-likes, and this often results in slightly higher prices. Will distributors pay more for products made of better materials, or is price more important? Read More »
The Package Deal
Packaging options for promotional products vary, but they all serve a purpose.
Expo East Premiers A PPAI Expo Experience On The East Coast
This morning, the inaugural Expo East opened at the Atlantic City Convention Center in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The show, first announced in June 2012, is the result of a strategic alliance between PPAI and the Specialty Advertising Association of Greater New York (SAAGNY). Read More »
BRF Stands Ready To Assist Industry Companies Affected By Yesterday’s Tornado
The promotional products industry’s hearts go out to those affected by the tornado in Moore, Oklahoma, yesterday. And the Promotional Products Disaster Recovery Foundation’s (PPDRF) Business Recovery Fund stands ready to provide assistance to those industry companies that may have suffered loss or damage in the storm. Read More »
WorkflowOne Enters Into Three-Year Contract With Premier Healthcare Alliance
WorkflowOne LLC has been awarded a three-year group purchasing agreement with the Premier healthcare alliance to sell branded merchandise and related promotional programs to its members. Read More »
eBlox, DistributorCentral Collaborate To Improve Product Data Access
DistributorCentral (UPIC: DC) and eBlox (UPIC: eblox), both web technology providers serving the promotional products industry, have entered into a collaborative relationship to enable improved product data dissemination and more convenient access for distributors. Read More »
BIC Group Board Of Directors Visits Minnesota Operations
Norwood & BIC Graphic North America (UPIC: BIC) recently hosted a BIC Group Board of Directors Meeting. The board meeting was held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on April 23-25 and included in-depth tours of the Norwood & BIC Graphic facilities in nearby Red Wing and Sleepy Eye. Read More »
PSDA Reports Strong Attendance, ROI For 2013 Distributor Solutions Expo
The Print Services & Distribution Association (PSDA) recently concluded its annual Distributor Solutions Expo, held May 8-9 at the Navy Pier Convention Center in Chicago, Illinois. Read More »
