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So Happy Together?
Supplier-distributor agreements: Happy marriage vows or ruthless prenuptial agreements? Read More »
Who Is Responsible For Safe Products?
You may be surprised to learn it’s you. Read More »
Bringing American-Made Into The European Market
For many American companies, the European Union (EU) market is an interesting opportunity, despite its current economic crisis. Marketing in general and promotional products in particular remain challenging, especially in terms of the business-to-consumer market. Read More »
Nailed By A Bounty Hunter-A California Prop 65 Violation Can Cost Your Company
In the November 2012 issue, Michele continued her ongoing challenges as a newbie compliance manager. We felt her pain as she conducted her first product safety recall of a huge order of kids’ golf visors because they contained too much lead and violated the Lead Paint Rule of the CPSIA. Read More »
Safety Champion
The decision to create a new position within an organization is a difficult one. It often comes down to cost versus benefit. What will this position bring to our company? Will it boost the bottom line? Will it add to the quality of our products or services? Will it give us a leg up on the competition? Then add in the time and energy you’ll spend to develop the job description, search for candidates, conduct interviews, research salary and plan training—will it be worth it? Read More »
How The CPSC Views Our Industry
Ever since the early years of our industry there haven’t been many promotional products distributors who would describe themselves as manufacturers. But under the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA), the majority of promotional products distributors—at least those who buy blank apparel from a wholesaler and then send it out to have it decorated—are just that, manufacturers in the eyes of the law. Read More »
Yikes! A Product Recall?
In the September issue of PPB, we witnessed an important milestone in Michelle’s learning curve as a novice compliance manager for Golfster Promo as she successfully managed a pre-shipment quality inspection of a large order for an important client. In this issue, we catch up with Michelle as she learns the horrible, heart-stopping news about a huge order of defective promotional golf visors for children. Read More »
Would You Risk A $10,000 Order To Raise Product Safety Questions?
You get a call one morning from a marketing manager referred to you by one of your customers. She desperately needs 7,500 tote bags for an event the following week and wants to know if you can deliver. You do some quick math and realize you could be talking about an order approaching $10,000. Now, what questions are you going to ask? Read More »
Quality Control Inspections
This column in the July issue of PPB introduced Michelle, a newbie compliance manager at Golfster Promo, a leading golf products supplier. She was struggling with the challenges of getting compliance testing done on one of her products. This month, we catch up with Michelle as she is about to authorize a shipment of 20,000 golf towels made at a Chinese factory. Read More »
Label It Right
In the four years since the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) was signed into law, the promotional products industry has struggled mightily to figure out how to apply it to what we do every day. Nothing has come easily. Perhaps because most promotional products don’t start out as children’s products and perhaps because the “toys” we sell are mostly for adults, there always seems to be a “yes, but” when we try to understand CPSIA in the context of the world we live in. Read More »
