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See how a charity turned this tumbler into a fundraising powerhouse.

Silipint Inc., located in Bend, Ore., announced that Crown Products, Mobile, Ala., has been chosen to exclusively represent the new items Silipint and Silishot to the promotional products market. Silipint Inc. and Crown Products will officially launch the new items at the ASI New York show on May 9 and 10.

Las Vegas-based Visstun, Digispec and CounterPoint have hired industry veteran Mark Shea as National Accounts Manager.

Shea brings over 25 years of sales and marketing experience to Visstun, Digispec and CounterPoint.

Hank Frisch runs Team Promotions, a Cleveland distributor of promotional products. He's also a very creative philanthropist: In 2008, he created Cleveland's first Business Run, which featured a briefcase relay, and also a Battle of the Giant Promotional Products, in which he and Mike Burns of Akron's Quikey Manufacturing ran up 42 flights of stairs in Terminal Tower with a, well, giant promo product.

Now, Frisch is back with his latest quirky idea: A bicycle race against LeBron James.

Click below to read more about Frisch's latest fundraising event at Crain's Cleveland Business site.

Ten tips from today's top suppliers that will keep your mug and tumbler sales flowing like that double soy mocha decaf no foam extra espresso latte. Or coffee.

This month, My Best Promotion focuses on a fundraising and awareness promotion used right in our industry: The Howard Alan Blum 5K for 5K run at PROMOTIONS EAST.

Jetline today announced that Dana Zezzo has joined the company as chief marketing officer.

Norwood has announced the launch of SUPER SAME DAY SHIPPING SERVICE—developed to help distributors accommodate last-minute and quick turnaround orders that are common during the spring and early summer.

Jim Bull, vice president of sales for Starline USA, Grand Island, N.Y., announce a newly formed partnership with Dave Mattson and Lisa Collins of DJM Sales.

Citing a lack of evidence, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration rejected a proposed ban on the chemical bisphenol-A.