Awards & Gifts

BIC Graphic Wins 2016 American Inhouse Design Award
June 24, 2016 at 6:03 pm

BIC Graphic, Clearwater, Fla., recently won an American Inhouse Design Award from Graphic Design USA, New York City, in the point-of-purchase, displays and signs category for the Love My BIC campaign conducted at the PPAI Expo in Las Vegas in January. The BIC Graphic entry consisted of the large-format graphics, trade show display, sample display, and…

Who Are the Top 50 Suppliers?
June 20, 2016 at 6:10 pm

Promo Marketing now is accepting applications for the 2016 Top 50 Suppliers List, the most important supplier recognition in the industry...

Melinda Marr Receives UMAPP Lifetime Achievement Award
June 14, 2016 at 3:10 pm

iClick, Seattle, has announced that Melinda Marr, regional sales manager for iClick in the Midwest, has received this year's Upper Midwest Association of Promotional Professionals (UMAPP) Lifetime Achievement Award. The award recognizes individuals who have made a lifetime contribution to the promotional products industry as a whole, and also a direct or indirect contribution to UMAPP…

St. Regis Crystal Merges with K&R Precision Corp.
June 13, 2016 at 2:51 pm

St. Regis Crystal, the Cheektowaga, New York-based parent company of a group of promotional suppliers, including Chicago-based R.S. Owens and Elliot Lake, Ontario-based Prestige Glass International, announced this morning that it has finalized an agreement to merge with Cheektowaga, New York-based K&R Precision Corp. K&R Precision Corp. will move its operations to St. Regis Crystal's manufacturing…

PPAI Names Mary Dobsch Woman of Achievement for 2016
June 1, 2016 at 5:42 pm

Promotional Products Association International (PPAI), Irving, Texas, announced Mary Dobsch, MAS, owner and president of Washington, Missouri-based supplier The Chest Inc., as the 2016 PPAI Woman of Achievement. The presentation of the PPAI Woman of Achievement award will take place during…

Crystal D Hires Six New Employees
May 31, 2016 at 2:48 pm

Crystal D, St. Paul, Minn., has hired six new employees in the customer service, art and marketing departments. The company hired Nichole Helmueller and Jake Calleja as customer service representatives. Outside of her work at Crystal D,…

The Vernon Company Names Supplier Account Manager of the Year
May 26, 2016 at 5:07 pm

The Vernon Company, Netwon, Iowa, awarded Rick Buckley, who represents Tri-Mountain, Irwindale, Calif., as Supplier Account Manager of the Year at the company’s national sales meeting held April 18 to 20 in Des Moines, Iowa. The Vernon Company…

R.S. Owens Creates Grand Prix of Indianapolis Cup
May 25, 2016 at 3:32 pm

Angie’s List Grand Prix of Indianapolis winner Simon Pagenaud now owns two Grand Prix Cups created by Chicago-based R.S. Owens after winning his third IndyCar race in a row last weekend at the Angie's List Grand Prix of Indianapolis. The Grand Prix winner’s cup is topped by an oversized 18” diameter bowl. Before assembly, the…