Rainkist Umbrella

ETS Express Inc., Oxnard, Calif., has named a number of new appointments, including two regional sales managers and a stragetic account manager. Cristina Ysselstein, Jeff Hinds and Derek Hansen have all joined the drinkware company.

Two promotional product distributors and two supplier companies recently became members of The Premier Promotional Group, an alliance of 45 suppliers and 38 distributors. Distributors Jeckil Promotions and McEwen Cherry and suppliers Castelli North America and Rainkist all signed on with the group.

Several of the businesses affected by Hurricane Sandy were able to reopen today, but many remain closed or are operating at reduced capacity. Below is a list noting which companies have opened and which have remained closed as of 3:00 p.m. EST today. Notes on each company’s status have been provided where available.

With spring here, there are five great outdoor activities everyone is itching to begin, and we have five great promotions to go along with them.

Rainkist Umbrella Co. has added Kim Pugner to the sales team for Rainkist as the new West Coast representative. Pugner has been in the industry for three years, starting at EVA Tees and as a prior West Coast inside sales rep for Vantage Apparel.

Consumers want options, they want additional features that increase the bang to buck ratio—and that's where umbrellas shine. With that in mind, here are eight ways to add that proverbial flavor shot to your umbrella promotion.

You know those little black 6" umbrellas? Yesterday, I managed to lose not one but two of them. If they stood out more, like the Tsunami from Rainkist Umbrella, I'd probably still have at least one umbrella. I'd probably also be dry right now.

PROMOTIONS EAST, scheduled for June 5-8 in Atlantic City, N.J., announced the PE After Dark Party, a new free networking and social event at this year's show.

Umbrellas: the benchmark of civilization. Nothing is more important than keeping water off your head. Rainkist Umbrella solves the precipitation problem as well as making subways, another rain-avoiding invention, easier to understand with the Subway Umbrellas. (Can you tell I forgot my umbrella today?)

Event planning is a field well-suited for promotional product use, but for golf tournaments and events, this is especially so. Not only do you have all the sales opportunities of a regular event, like T-shirts for volunteers and staff, you also have a multitude of golf products available to bear your client’s logo. From clubs and balls to sunscreen and umbrellas, what follows below are a few tips and tricks to picking the right items* for each part of a golf promotion.