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A Bold Leap Of Faith
Clay Hughey stepped out of his world for a week—and found his life. Read More »
Profile-Jan Nathanson
Jan Nathanson, co-founder of Imagination Branding, reveals how the words of past presidents and Star Wars characters shaped her life. Read More »
Profile-Leeton Lee
Compliance expert Leeton Lee recounts his path to becoming one of the industry’s go-to guys for product safety. Read More »
Fred Parker’s Sales DNA
Fred Parker is president of Charlotte, North Carolina-based distributor Activate! Promotions + Marketing (UPIC: Activate). If you don’t recognize his company’s name, it may be because you know it by another one: Bluegrass Promotional Marketing. Read More »
Out Of The Shadows
Distributors: Do you know where your products really come from? You may think they come from the line names and familiar supplier IDs stamped on the boxes in which they arrive. But there is a good chance they come from importers such as Randy Chen, who helps suppliers of all sizes manage inventory and avoid product shortages. Read More »
A Sunny Outlook
Adrienne Barker, MAS, exudes energy and enthusiasm. When speaking with her, laughter flows easily and it’s evident she enjoys the company of people. Yet shockingly, she’s known as the Debbie Downer of the Barker clan, which opened Cheshire, Connecticut-based distributor Barker Specialty Company nearly 60 years ago. Read More »
Unscripted
Joe Fleming knows pens. “It’s not that scientific,” says the president of Braintree, Massachusetts-based supplier Hub Pen Company (UPIC: HUBPEN) after dropping terms such as ultra-low viscosity ink and write-out machine. “But it is kind of neat.” Read More »
Oh, Muzzillo
Part motivational speaker and part evangelist, Greg Muzzillo has a message of salvation for you. Well-known as the owner of Cleveland, Ohio-based distributor Proforma (UPIC: PROFORMA), the distributor member network that boasts more than 750 business-partner owners and $400 million in annual revenue, Muzzillo makes the business of selling promotional products and owning a distributorship sound positively heavenly—if you have access to the tools and resources Proforma provides. Read More »
Against All Odds
Ros Plummer, MAS, talks with PPB about her serendipitous career in the industry. Read More »
Danny Rosin’s Rocket Ride
Danny Rosin may be small, but he’s scrappy. The former championship high school wrestler started out selling anti-Duke t-shirts to University of North Carolina (UNC) fans. As a university student, he bounced around from major to major, but learned the most from the relationships he formed with others and the ideas that grew out of them. Read More »
