Management

Custom Ink announced yesterday that it has acquired Printfection, a platform that helps companies with product creation, storage, tracking and distribution of promotional products gifts. The move follows Custom Ink's acquisition of Swag.com, another tech-enabled swag management and distribution platform, last year...

Question: I like QuickBooks Premier, but I would like to be able to use it when out of the office. Is there a way to do that? Answer: Yes, there are several ways to work remotely with QB Premier. One is using a remote viewer software, like LogMeIn or TeamViewer, where you can remotely log into the PC where your QB Premier...

While employee engagement and feedback are essential parts of participatory management, without structure and clearly articulated levels of responsibility and authority, what is intended to be collaboration may lead to confusion. The question is who is empowered to make decisions on behalf of the organization?...

ReturnMe has announced that industry innovator Alex Morin has agreed to join forces with the team in a business development capacity. Morin will help the ReturnMe team expand its growing footprint and help distributors create compelling wins for their end-users...

Companies have had to retool their strategies to keep presses running and doors open, only to face a troubled supply chain that doesn’t respect client deadlines. Some distributors have found relief in single-source business models. Here are five ways to position yourself as a one-stop shop for your customers...

CoasterStone, a division of DSH Indiana Inc., announced the acquisition of Buttons Galore. Buttons Galore started in 1980 and continues to be a premier promotional products supplier of pinback buttons made in the U.S. Buttons Galore president Joe Batic will join CoasterStone as vice president of sales for the Buttons Galore brand...

Proforma, Cleveland, powered a storefront that reached close to $1 million in sales over a three-day period this holiday season. The online pop-up shop was launched by two public figures with close ties to a popular American recording artist. The store was launched in a flash-sale format and quickly sold out of...

One of the biggest barriers to high performance is annualized thinking. Annualized thinking is the unspoken belief that there is plenty of time in the year to make things happen. If we have a slow start in January, we may be disappointed, but we think, "I've got 11 more months to make my goal."...

December was a real bear for the U.S. Postal Service, with businesses and gift-givers nervous that high volume, combined with existing issues within the USPS as a result of the pandemic, would spoil the holiday season. However, the USPS just announced that 96.9% of its shipments were on time. UPS and FedEx announced similar successes...

If you are working off of a 30-60-90 action plan, you’ll be in a position to implement important initiatives every month. There are some leadership teams I’m aware of that have tasked themselves with rolling out 1-2 new initiatives every month. How many did you get done this month—this quarter?...