DiscountMugs and Selling Direct: Is It A Threat To Your Business?
According to Alan Tabasky, vice president of Bel Promo and Hurricane Line, which merged with Bel Promo in January 2010, this is true. Tabasky insisted that while Bel Promo and DiscountMugs are both owned by Bel Inc., they are separate companies and operate independent of one another.
"I try to distance myself as much as I can," he said. "Here at Bel Promo I have all my Hurricane Line customer service people and our Bel Promo customer service people. We have our own customer service department, our own art department, our own shipping department ... everything is separate. Our accounting is separate, so there is no customer information in the database of anybody else's."
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Kyle A. Richardson is the editorial director of Promo Marketing. He joined the company in 2006 brings more than a decade of publishing, marketing and media experience to the magazine. If you see him, buy him a drink.